CCN 185242 · Montgomery County, Kentucky
Mt. Sterling Health & Rehab, LLC
125 Sterling Way, Mount Sterling, KY 40353
Mt. Sterling Health & Rehab, LLC is a 144-bed for-profit nursing home in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1990. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 125.1 residents a day, about 87% of its certified beds. We found no FHA-insured Section 232 loan for it in HUD's healthcare endorsement database (fiscal 2001 onward).
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 144
- Average residents per day
- 125.1 (86.9% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Mt Sterling Health & Rehab LLC
- Certified since
- Dec 27, 1990
- Chain or affiliated group
- Bao Opco Holdings (5 facilities, chain average 1.6 stars)
- Location
- Rural
Ratings and staffing
Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.
| Measure | This facility | Kentucky median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 1 of 5 | State spread: 59 at 1, 45 at 2, 55 at 3, 55 at 4, 52 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 1 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 1 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 2 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.85 | 3.75 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.34 | 0.67 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.52 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 50.0% | 45.0% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 86.9% | 90.3% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 1 totaling $8,788 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 8 (Mar 6, 2026) | ||
HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part
HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). Mt. Sterling Health & Rehab, LLC does not meet it today: overall rating 1, health inspection rating 1. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.
Who owns and operates it
These are the owners and operators the facility reported to CMS: anyone with a 5% or greater direct or indirect stake, and any organization with operational or managerial control.
| Name | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bak Opco Holdings LLCOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 12/08/2025 |
| Smithey, AshleyIndividual | Indirect Ownership Interest | 25% | 12/08/2025 |
| Womack, BryonIndividual | Indirect Ownership Interest | 75% | 12/08/2025 |
| Gablest Propco LLCOrganization | Mortgage Interest | n/a | 12/08/2025 |
| Bak Opco Holdings LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/08/2025 |
| Rise SNF Management LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/08/2025 |
| Derossett, BarryIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/08/2025 |
| King, BrigitteIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/08/2025 |
| Smithey, AshleyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/08/2025 |
| Womack, BryonIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/08/2025 |
Holders of a 5% or greater mortgage interest reported in the enrollment record: Gablest Propco LLC.
Changes of ownership
| Effective | Buyer | Seller |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 2025 | Mt Sterling Health & Rehab LLC | Regency Care of Mount Sterling, LLC |
HUD Section 232 loans
No FHA-insured loan matching this facility appears in HUD's database of healthcare endorsements, which covers fiscal 2001 onward (HUD data run of July 8, 2026). A loan could still exist under a different project name or from before 2001.
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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