CCN 185288 · Jefferson County, Kentucky
Essex Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
9600 Lamborne Boulevard, Louisville, KY 40272
Essex Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center is a 128-bed for-profit nursing home in Louisville, Kentucky, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1991. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 113.5 residents a day, about 89% 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
- 128
- Average residents per day
- 113.5 (88.7% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Essex SNF Operations LLC
- Certified since
- Sep 1, 1991
- Chain or affiliated group
- Venza Care Management (26 facilities, chain average 2.4 stars)
- Location
- Urban
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 | 3 of 5 | State spread: 59 at 1, 45 at 2, 55 at 3, 55 at 4, 52 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 4 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 3 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 1 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.36 | 3.75 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.51 | 0.67 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 2.87 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 37.6% | 45.0% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 88.7% | 90.3% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 0 (Jun 4, 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). Essex Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center meets that part today: 3 stars overall, 4 on health inspections, no abuse icon. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth SNF Operations Holdings LLCOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 09/04/2025 |
| Ch Commonwealth Holdings LLCOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 09/04/2025 |
| Cw Commonwealth Holdings LLCOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 09/04/2025 |
| Ky SNF Associates LLCOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 09/04/2025 |
| Ky SNF Associates TrustOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 09/04/2025 |
| Ky SNF Holdings LLCOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 09/04/2025 |
| Ky SNF Holdings TrustOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 09/04/2025 |
| Mky Opco LLCOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 09/04/2025 |
| Ms Commonwealth Holdings LLCOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 09/04/2025 |
| Sky Opco LLCOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 09/04/2025 |
| Ss Commonwealth Holdings LLCOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 09/04/2025 |
| Computershare Corporate Trust Company, NAOrganization | Mortgage Interest | n/a | 09/04/2025 |
| Cibc Bank USAOrganization | Security Interest | n/a | 09/04/2025 |
| Venza Care Administrative Services Ky LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/04/2025 |
Holders of a 5% or greater mortgage interest reported in the enrollment record: Computershare Corporate Trust Company, NA.
Changes of ownership
No change of ownership for this facility appears in the CMS change-of-ownership file, which starts in January 2016.
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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