Report Shows Over a Quarter of Nursing Homes in KS, MO are “Problem Facilities”

Posted July 10, 2024

A report from the Long-Term Care Community Coalition shows over one-fourth of Kansas’ nursing holmes have been designated as problem facilities due to a lack of quality care.

The U.S. Nursing Home Ratings & Info report used data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ five-star rating system to calculate the total of problematic facilities by state.

In the United States, 24.6% of nursing facilities were classified as problem facilities. A problem facility is classified by having a history of quality issues or is included in a special program to stimulate improvements in their quality of care, according to the report.

Of the 306 nursing homes in Kansas, 77—25.2%— of the facilities were problematic. Nursing homes were also grouped by for- and non-profit. Kansas has 58 for-profit facilities with low scores, 15 non-profit facilities and five government facilities.

Across the state line, Missouri currently has 499 nursing homes, with 177—35.7%—of them classified as problem facilities. Missouri has 159 for-profit facilities with low scores, 11 non-profit facilities and seven government facilities.