Hill Top House: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Hill Top House is a 29-bed government-run nursing home in Bucklin, Kansas. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.10 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 15% above the Kansas average of 2.70, and 29.0% nursing staff turnover (Kansas average 48.1%).
Hill Top House
505 W ElmBucklin, KS 67834
Ford 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 Hill Top House, nurse aides logged 3.10 hours per resident per day, 15% above the Kansas average. With about 23 residents a day, that works out to roughly 73 aide hours a day, or about 9 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 5% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Kansas avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 3.10 | 2.70 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.22 | 0.65 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.06 | 0.71 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.38 | 4.07 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.18 | 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
29.0% of nursing staff at Hill Top House left over the year CMS measured, against a Kansas average of 48.1% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 0.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Nov 20, 2024. 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. Hill Top House holds 5 of 5 overall; the Kansas average is 3.1.
About Hill Top House
- Ownership: Government - Hospital district
- Legal name: Bucklin District Hospital
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 2008
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Hill Top House
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Minneola District Hospital Ltcu Minneola | 21.6 | 20 | 5.02 | 7.16 | — | 1 | None |
| Southwind at Spearville Spearville | 21.8 | 28 | 3.52 | 4.78 | 10.0% | 4 | None |
| Sunporch of Dodge City Dodge City | 25.1 | 45 | 2.48 | 3.42 | 63.9% | 3 | None |
| Kansas Soldiers Home Fort Dodge | 25.4 | 56 | 4.96 | 6.58 | 27.6% | 3 | None |
| Manor of the Plains Dodge City | 25.7 | 50 | 2.50 | 3.56 | 51.9% | 3 | None |
| Pioneer Lodge Coldwater | 25.7 | 25 | 1.65 | 3.04 | 58.3% | 2 | None |
| Protection Valley Manor Protection | 25.8 | 45 | 2.71 | 4.00 | 23.5% | 5 | None |
| Trinity Manor Dodge City | 26.3 | 46 | 2.43 | 3.69 | 40.5% | 4 | $29,773 |
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.