Good Samaritan - Hays: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Good Samaritan - Hays is a 45-bed nonprofit nursing home in Hays, Kansas, part of Good Samaritan Society. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.38 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 12% below the Kansas average of 2.70, and 28.8% nursing staff turnover (Kansas average 48.1%).
Good Samaritan - Hays
2700 Canal BlvdHays, KS 67601
Ellis 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 Good Samaritan - Hays, nurse aides logged 2.38 hours per resident per day, 12% below the Kansas average. With about 42 residents a day, that works out to roughly 99 aide hours a day, or about 12 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 13% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Kansas avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.38 | 2.70 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.80 | 0.65 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.88 | 0.71 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.06 | 4.07 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.53 | 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
28.8% of nursing staff at Good Samaritan - Hays left over the year CMS measured, against a Kansas average of 48.1% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 36.4%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Feb 24, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 6 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. Good Samaritan - Hays holds 5 of 5 overall; the Kansas average is 3.1.
About Good Samaritan - Hays
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Chain: Good Samaritan Society, 92 homes
- Legal name: The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Dec 1, 1994
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Good Samaritan - Hays
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Via Christi Village Hays KS LLC Hays | 1.9 | 96 | 2.68 | 4.11 | 91.8% | 1 | $57,983 |
| Good Samaritan - Ellis Ellis | 12.3 | 42 | 2.46 | 3.73 | 28.9% | 5 | None |
| Redbud Village Plainville · abuse citation | 23.5 | 34 | 2.39 | 3.73 | — | — | $24,779 |
| Locust Grove Village La Crosse · abuse citation | 24.7 | 38 | 2.99 | 4.27 | 52.5% | 2 | $12,779 |
| Wheatland Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Russell | 25.4 | 45 | 2.73 | 3.75 | 31.0% | 5 | None |
| Russell Regional Hospital Ltcu Russell · no staffing data submitted | 25.5 | 23 | — | — | — | 1 | None |
| Trego Co-Lemke Memorial Hospital Ltcu Wakeeney | 30.5 | 37 | 3.28 | 5.35 | 26.5% | 4 | None |
| Solomon Valley Manor Stockton | 38.0 | 30 | 2.93 | 4.25 | 28.6% | 3 | None |
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.