Nursing Homes in Kansas: Staffing, Turnover, and Penalties
Kansas has 296 Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing homes in 181 cities. On CMS's August 2026 figures, nurse aides there log 2.70 hours per resident per day, 16% above the US average of 2.32, and 48.1% of nursing staff leave in a year (US 45.8%).
Kansas averages
Aide hours per resident per day is the nurse aide time a home logged for each resident across a whole day, from the payroll records every home submits to CMS. More hours per resident means more hands on the floor for the same number of residents. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. Fines and payment denials are CMS penalties from the last three years.
CMS Care Compare State and US Averages, August 2026 release
Nursing homes by city
The most nursing homes are in Wichita (22), Topeka (14), Overland Park (13). Each city page compares every home on staffing, turnover, CMS stars, and fines.
- Abilene (1)
- Andover (1)
- Anthony (1)
- Arkansas City (2)
- Arma (1)
- Atchison (3)
- Attica (1)
- Atwood (1)
- Augusta (1)
- Baldwin City (1)
- Baxter Springs (1)
- Bel Aire (1)
- Belleville (1)
- Beloit (2)
- Bonner Springs (1)
- Bucklin (1)
- Buhler (1)
- Burlington (1)
- Centralia (1)
- Chanute (2)
- Chapman (1)
- Cheney (1)
- Cherryvale (1)
- Cimarron (1)
- Clay Center (1)
- Clearwater (1)
- Clyde (1)
- Coffeyville (1)
- Colby (2)
- Coldwater (1)
- Columbus (1)
- Concordia (1)
- Conway Springs (1)
- Cottonwood Falls (1)
- Council Grove (1)
- Cunningham (1)
- Derby (2)
- De Soto (1)
- Dodge City (3)
- Downs (1)
- Easton (1)
- Edwardsville (3)
- El Dorado (2)
- Ellis (1)
- Ellsworth (1)
- Emporia (2)
- Enterprise (1)
- Eskridge (1)
- Eudora (1)
- Eureka (1)
- Fort Dodge (1)
- Fort Scott (1)
- Fowler (1)
- Frankfort (1)
- Frontenac (1)
- Galena (1)
- Garden City (2)
- Gardner (1)
- Garnett (2)
- Glasco (1)
- Goddard (1)
- Goessel (1)
- Goodland (1)
- Great Bend (2)
- Halstead (1)
- Haviland (1)
- Hays (2)
- Haysville (1)
- Herington (1)
- Hesston (1)
- Hiawatha (1)
- Hill City (1)
- Hillsboro (2)
- Holton (1)
- Hoxie (1)
- Hugoton (1)
- Hutchinson (4)
- Independence (2)
- Inman (1)
- Iola (1)
- Johnson (1)
- Junction City (1)
- Kansas City (5)
- Kingman (1)
- Kinsley (1)
- Kiowa (1)
- La Crosse (1)
- Lakin (1)
- Lansing (2)
- Larned (1)
- Lawrence (3)
- Leavenworth (1)
- Leawood (1)
- Lenexa (3)
- Leonardville (1)
- Leoti (1)
- Liberal (3)
- Lincoln (1)
- Lindsborg (1)
- Linn (1)
- Little River (1)
- Logan (1)
- Louisburg (1)
- Manhattan (3)
- Marion (1)
- Marquette (1)
- Marysville (1)
- McPherson (2)
- Meade (1)
- Merriam (1)
- Minneapolis (1)
- Minneola (1)
- Montezuma (1)
- Moran (1)
- Moundridge (2)
- Mulvane (1)
- Neodesha (1)
- Ness City (1)
- Newton (3)
- North Newton (1)
- Norton (1)
- Nortonville (1)
- Oakley (1)
- Oberlin (1)
- Olathe (9)
- Onaga (1)
- Osage City (1)
- Osborne (1)
- Oskaloosa (1)
- Oswego (1)
- Ottawa (1)
- Overbrook (1)
- Overland Park (13)
- Paola (2)
- Parsons (3)
- Peabody (2)
- Phillipsburg (1)
- Pittsburg (2)
- Plainville (1)
- Prairie Village (2)
- Pratt (2)
- Pretty Prairie (1)
- Protection (1)
- Richmond (1)
- Rose Hill (1)
- Rossville (1)
- Russell (2)
- Sabetha (2)
- Saint Paul (1)
- Salina (6)
- Scott City (1)
- Sedan (1)
- Sedgwick (1)
- Seneca (2)
- Shawnee (3)
- Smith Center (2)
- South Hutchinson (1)
- Spearville (1)
- Spring Hill (1)
- Stafford (1)
- Sterling (1)
- St Francis (1)
- St Marys (1)
- Stockton (1)
- Tonganoxie (1)
- Topeka (14)
- Tribune (1)
- Ulysses (1)
- Valley Falls (1)
- Wakeeney (1)
- Wakefield (1)
- Wamego (1)
- Wathena (1)
- Wellington (2)
- Wellsville (1)
- Westmoreland (1)
- Whitewater (1)
- Wichita (22)
- Wilson (1)
- Winchester (1)
- Winfield (4)
Largest nursing home chains in Kansas
CMS links 161 of Kansas's homes to these 15 chains. A chain is a group of homes under common ownership or management, as CMS records it.
| Chain | Homes in KS | Homes nationwide |
|---|---|---|
| Mission Health Communities | 27 | 30 |
| Recover-Care Healthcare | 25 | 27 |
| Medicalodges, Inc. | 14 | 18 |
| Americare Senior Living | 13 | 23 |
| The Ensign Group | 12 | 342 |
| Good Samaritan Society | 11 | 92 |
| Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America | 11 | 13 |
| Midwest Health | 10 | 11 |
| Grace Team Services | 9 | 9 |
| Advena Living Communities | 6 | 6 |
| Diversicare Healthcare | 6 | 44 |
| Life Care Centers of America | 6 | 194 |
| Frontline Management | 4 | 9 |
| Tutera Senior Living & Health Care | 4 | 25 |
| Azria Health | 3 | 9 |
Chain as recorded in the CMS Provider Information file, August 2026 release