CCN 185427 · Hardin County, Kentucky
Baptist Health Hardin
913 North Dixie Avenue, Elizabethtown, KY 42701
Baptist Health Hardin is a 15-bed nonprofit nursing home in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1996. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 11.9 residents a day, about 79% 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
- 15
- Average residents per day
- 11.9 (79.3% of beds)
- Ownership type
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare
- Legal business name
- Baptist Healthcare System Inc
- Certified since
- Aug 22, 1996
- Chain or affiliated group
- None listed by CMS
- 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 | 5 of 5 | State spread: 59 at 1, 45 at 2, 55 at 3, 55 at 4, 52 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 5 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 5 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 8.02 | 3.75 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 4.30 | 0.67 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 7.68 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 42.3% | 45.0% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 79.3% | 90.3% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 1 (Dec 23, 2025) | ||
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). Baptist Health Hardin meets that part today: 5 stars overall, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Healthcare System IncOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 09/01/2020 |
| Baptist Healthcare System IncOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/01/2020 |
| Carrico, RichardIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 02/06/2023 |
| Carrico, ThomasIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/04/2012 |
| Colman, GerardIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/04/2017 |
| Ferriell, JamesIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 03/01/2024 |
| Fink, SusanIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/01/2016 |
| Godfrey, JohnIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/31/2015 |
| Malik, RazaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 02/01/2023 |
| McPherson, CoraIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/14/2020 |
| Morehead, AshleyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/11/2023 |
| Norton, JanetIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2016 |
| Peace, SandraIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2014 |
| Ramey, RobertIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/19/2022 |
Changes of ownership
| Effective | Buyer | Seller |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2020 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc | Hardin Memorial Hospital |
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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