When a state regulator publishes that a facility's owner, controller or operator is about to change, the record is here with every step the state runs, its date and a link to the document. These are official filings, not forecasts.

Kentucky · skilled nursing

Somerwoods Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

Somerset, Kentucky · CCN 185152 · 166 beds
Official pending filingIntent filed(unverified)

The regulator's own record shows this step. Nothing about it is predicted.

Where it sits in Kentucky's process

Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Certificate of Need. Kentucky, historically: first public record to effective 108 days (n 189). This record has been pending 423 days.

  1. Notice of intent to acquire received
    • Jul 22, 2025Officialprd.webapps.chfs.ky.gov
      Received 07/22/2025 | Somerwoods Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | 555 Bourne Avenue, Somerset | Purchaser Somerwoods SNF Operations LLC 555 Bourne Avenue, Somerset, KY | purchase | September 3, 2025
  2. Planned close stated by the filer
    A stated intention, not a closing.
    Sep 3, 2025 · stated in the official notice · prd.webapps.chfs.ky.gov
  3. Change of ownership effective
    Kentucky has no approval step; the effective date comes from the CMS change of ownership record.
    Not recorded yet.
Who controls the facility today

From CMS Medicare enrollment and ownership disclosures for CCN 185152, joined on CMS's own identifiers. This is the current record, before any pending change takes effect.

Operating company
  • HANGING ROCK LTC, LLC
CMS chain
  • PRINCIPLE LONG TERM CARE · cms affiliation entity
Owners and controllers
  • PRINCIPLE IT SERVICES, INC. · 50% · 5% or greater direct ownership interest · on 41 certified facilities
  • PRINCIPLE LONG TERM CARE, INC. · 50% · 5% or greater direct ownership interest · on 42 certified facilities
  • Robert O'Neil Hill · 20.6% · 5% or greater indirect ownership interest
  • Stephen Britt Hill · 20.02% · 5% or greater indirect ownership interest
  • Raymond Gregg Hill · 18.47% · 5% or greater indirect ownership interest
Management company
  • PRINCIPLE LONG TERM CARE, INC. · operational/managerial control · on 42 certified facilities

Source: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility Enrollments and All Owners data.cms.gov

Why it may matter

Each label is a rule over the record's own fields. The facts that made it true are listed.

  • Application aged
    open longer than the state median first public record to effective
    • first public record: 2025-07-22
    • days pending: 419
    • KY median first public record to effective: 108 days (n 189)
  • New operator entity
    the proposed operator's exact legal name is not a CMS-enrolled SNF organization in any state
    • proposed operator: Somerwoods SNF Operations LLC
    • CMS SNF enrollments file 2026-07-31: no organization with this legal name
  • Operator change pending
    the record names a proposed operator different from the current operator
    • proposed operator: Somerwoods SNF Operations LLC
    • current operator: HANGING ROCK LTC, LLC
  • Planned close passed
    the filer's stated planned close date has passed with no effective change on record
    • planned close: 2025-09-03
    • days past: 376
  • Portfolio or batch filing
    other applications in the same state were first recorded within 7 days naming the same current operator, proposed operator or proposed owner
    • 2 applications, first recorded 2025-07-22 to 2025-07-22
    • Mountain View Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (KY:6054)