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Southwest Medical Center SNF: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record

Southwest Medical Center SNF is a 18-bed government-run nursing home in Liberal, Kansas. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported no usable nurse aide staffing figure.

Certified for Medicare · CMS number 175163

Southwest Medical Center SNF

315 W 15th Street
Liberal, KS 67905
Seward County
Aide hours per resident a day
—
Kansas average 2.70
Nursing staff turnover
—
Kansas average 48.1%
Certified beds
18
about 3 residents a day
Fines, last 3 years
0
none on record

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. Southwest Medical Center SNF has no usable nurse aide figure in this release.

CMS note: Submitted data did not meet the criteria to calculate this staffing measure. Not enough data to calculate a star rating.

Staff hours per resident per day at Southwest Medical Center SNF, Kansas average, and US average
Hours per resident per dayThis homeKansas avgUS avg
Nurse aides (CNAs)—2.702.32
Licensed practical nurses—0.650.86
Registered nurses—0.710.69
All nursing staff—4.073.86
All nursing staff, weekends—3.603.42

CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.

Staff turnover

CMS publishes no nursing staff turnover figure for Southwest Medical Center SNF in this release.

CMS note: Staffing data not submitted or not valid for calculating turnover.

Nursing staff turnover
—
Kansas 48.1% · US 45.8%
Registered nurse turnover
—
Kansas 42.0% · US 42.9%
Administrators who left
—
Kansas average 0.3

Inspections and penalties

State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 22, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 8 health deficiencies (Kansas average 9.5). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.

Health deficiencies, latest cycle
8
From complaints
0
Infection-control citations
—
Payment denials, 3 years
0

CMS star ratings

CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Southwest Medical Center SNF holds 3 of 5 overall; the Kansas average is 3.1.

Overall
3 of 5
Health inspections
3 of 5
Staffing
—
Quality measures
3 of 5

About Southwest Medical Center SNF

  • Ownership: Government - County
  • Legal name: Southwest Medical Center
  • Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jul 31, 1987
  • Located inside a hospital
  • Area: rural

Nursing homes near Southwest Medical Center SNF

The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.

Nursing homes near Southwest Medical Center SNF. Column headers sort the table.
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Good Samaritan-Liberal
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0.9452.704.0732.6%2$94,784
Stevens County Hospital Ltcu DBA Pioneer Manor
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24.3773.664.6837.3%2None
Beaver County Nursing Home
Beaver
28.7622.733.6366.7%2$15,642
Meade District Hosp Ltcu DBA Lone Tree Retirement
Meade
36.8453.714.7339.6%5None
Western Prairie Senior Living LLC
Ulysses
43.4603.174.3736.0%5None
Bethel Home
Montezuma
46.0563.354.5828.6%5None
Twin Oaks Manor
Booker
46.4404.235.8074.1%3None

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.