Community Hospital Onaga Ltcu: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Community Hospital Onaga Ltcu is a 26-bed nonprofit nursing home in St Marys, Kansas. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.92 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 45% above the Kansas average of 2.70, and 30.0% nursing staff turnover (Kansas average 48.1%).
Community Hospital Onaga Ltcu
206 Grand AvenueSt Marys, KS 66536
Pottawatomie County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Community Hospital Onaga Ltcu, nurse aides logged 3.92 hours per resident per day, 45% above the Kansas average. With about 23 residents a day, that works out to roughly 89 aide hours a day, or about 11 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 20% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Kansas avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 3.92 | 2.70 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.84 | 0.65 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.97 | 0.71 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 5.73 | 4.07 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.60 | 3.60 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
30.0% of nursing staff at Community Hospital Onaga Ltcu left over the year CMS measured, against a Kansas average of 48.1% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 50.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Oct 31, 2024. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 3 health deficiencies (Kansas average 9.5). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Community Hospital Onaga Ltcu holds 5 of 5 overall; the Kansas average is 3.1.
About Community Hospital Onaga Ltcu
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Legal Business Name Not Available
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Aug 1, 1974
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
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Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.