King’s Daughter Medical Center
A rehabilitation unit of a hospital in Ashland, Kentucky 41101
Kings Daughters Medical Center, 2201 Lexington Ave, Ashland, Kentucky 41101. (606) 408-5288.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 20, 2026.
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean2
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
CMS inspects a hospital’s rehabilitation unit as part of the hospital, so QCOR lists no inspection of the unit on its own.
CMS, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
How do patients fare?
- CMS gives no rate for patients returning home or to the community: “Data not submitted for this reporting period.”
CMS, Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility - Provider Data. Released Sep 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.
Is it certified?
- An inpatient rehabilitation unit of King’s Daughters’ Medical Center (CMS certification number 180009), Medicare-certified since Dec 1, 2015.
- Ownership: non-profit.
- Its hospital is accredited by The Joint Commission, whose surveys stand in for the state’s routine inspections.
- CMS inspects a hospital’s rehabilitation unit as part of the hospital, so QCOR lists no inspection of the unit on its own.
- Non-profit.
CMS, Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility - General Information. Released Sep 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, Provider of Services File - Hospital & Non-Hospital Facilities. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
Has it been penalized?
- CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for these facilities.
- CMS inspects a hospital’s rehabilitation unit as part of the hospital, so QCOR lists no inspection of the unit on its own.
CMS, Provider of Services File - Hospital & Non-Hospital Facilities. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
Who does the caring?
- CMS doesn’t publish staffing levels for these facilities.
CMS, Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility - Provider Data. Released Sep 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.
Who owns it?
- Royal Blue Health, LLC owns 100% directly since Dec 1, 2025.
- 14 owners or officers are people: Mark D Birdwhistell (corporate director, 0%); John Stewart (corporate director, 0%); Thomas Burnette (corporate director, 0%); Steven E Clifton (corporate officer, 0%); Penny Cox (corporate director, 0%); Craig C Collins (corporate director, 0%); Autumn Mcfann (corporate officer, 0%); Autumn Mcfann (managing employee (on the payroll), 0%); Stephen Addington (corporate director, 0%); Eric N Monday (corporate director, 0%); David Jones (corporate officer, 0%); Sara Marks (corporate director, 0%); Robert S Dipaola (corporate director, 0%); Gina Dugas (corporate director, 0%).
- No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
- No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
CMS, Hospital All Owners and Hospital Enrollments. Released Sep 29, 2026. Updated monthly.
CMS, Provider of Services File - Hospital & Non-Hospital Facilities. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Organisation | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Blue Health, LLC | Owns 5% or more directly | 100% | Dec 1, 2025 |
| Beyond Blue Corporation | Other role (CMS gives no detail) | 0% | Dec 1, 2025 |
| University of Kentucky | Other role (CMS gives no detail) | 0% | Dec 1, 2025 |
How does it compare nearby?
- No other inpatient rehabilitation facility CMS lists is in Boyd County.
CMS, Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility - Provider Data. Released Sep 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.
What the record doesn’t say
- CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for inpatient rehabilitation facilities or long-term care hospitals, so none are shown.
- Only complaints that led to a citation appear; complaints that didn’t aren’t published.
- Many of these facilities are accredited by a private organisation (The Joint Commission, DNV and others) whose routine inspections stand in for the state’s; those reports aren’t public, and QCOR holds only the state’s surveys: no inspection on record here doesn’t mean none took place.
- QCOR says its hospital inspection data are complete only through September 17, 2026, while it moves to a new system.
- CMS doesn’t publish staffing levels for these facilities.
- CMS inspects a hospital’s rehabilitation unit as part of the hospital, so QCOR lists no inspection of the unit on its own.
Sources
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility - General Information (7t8x-u3ir).
Released Sep 23, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility - Provider Data (v9e4-nwhh).
Released Sep 23, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Provider of Services File - Hospital & Non-Hospital Facilities (Hospital_and_other.DATA.Q3_2026.csv).
Released Oct 14, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies (Hospital_2567s_2010_to_2026YTD.xlsx).
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital All Owners (Hospital_All_Owners_2026.09.29.csv).
Released Sep 29, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital Enrollments (Hospital_Enrollments_2026.09.29.csv).
Released Sep 29, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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