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Hospice Care in Kentucky

Kentucky has 23 licensed hospice care providers listed on ElderCareCosts across 500 cities. Pick a city below for local pricing and provider listings, or request a personalized shortlist.

23 licensed hospice care providers listed · 21 with CMS star ratings.

How hospice costs work in Kentucky

For people enrolled in the Medicare hospice benefit, covered hospice services are generally about $0 out of pocket: nursing, aides, medications related to the terminal illness, medical equipment, and grief support. That is a benefit design fact, not a local price quote for Kentucky.

  • Room and board is separate. If your parent is in a nursing home or assisted living while on hospice, Medicare hospice does not pay the facility rent. The family, Medicaid, or long-term care insurance usually covers that.
  • When families do pay: care unrelated to the hospice diagnosis, private-duty extras the hospice does not cover, or hospice outside Medicare (rare private-pay arrangements). Always ask what is billed to whom.
  • Official overview: Medicare.gov hospice care.

CMS rating distribution in Kentucky

CMS overall star ratings for 21 hospice care providers in Kentucky. We do not re-rank these scores.

CMS star ratings in Kentucky
CMS starsProviders
5 stars11
4 stars9
3 stars1
2 stars0
1 star0

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Kentucky licensing & regulation

State-by-state licensing agency details and how to check a facility's complaint history for Kentucky are coming soon.

Medicaid & local resources in Kentucky

Long-Term Care Ombudsman

Kentucky Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program helps residents of nursing homes, assisted living, and similar settings in Kentucky resolve concerns about care and rights.

Official Ombudsman locator / program page

Source: State LTC Ombudsman.GOV

Medicaid HCBS / LTSS programs

Named programs below are from official state Medicaid agency pages. We do not list eligibility dollar amounts or wait lists unless a primary source is cited in a later pass.

  • Home and Community Based Waiver. Kentucky 1915(c) Home and Community Based Waiver for adults 65+ and younger adults with physical/other disabilities (CMS factsheet).
Source: State Medicaid program.GOV

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Cities in Kentucky

Showing 500 of 555 tracked cities.

Hospice Care providers in Kentucky

Sample of licensed hospice care providers listed for Kentucky. City pages show fuller local inventories.

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Frequently asked questions

How many hospice care providers are listed in Kentucky?

We currently list 23 licensed hospice care providers across Kentucky.

Which cities in Kentucky have hospice care listings?

We track 500 Kentucky cities for hospice care. See the city list on this page for options near you.

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