Hospice of Dickinson County
A hospice in Abilene, Kansas 67410
1111 North Brady, Abilene, Kansas 67410. (785) 263-6630.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 23, 2026.
- 2 deficiencies cited in the last three years
- Not rated family caregiver rating
- 10of 10 CMS’s Hospice Care Index
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean2
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
2 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 6 hospices serving ZIP code 67410 had 2.
The last inspection on record was on Mar 4, 2025: a recertification inspection by the state.
CMS, QCOR hospice inspection reports. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, Hospice ZIP Data. Released Aug 26, 2026. Updated quarterly.
When those deficiencies happened
2 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2025. Most serious: Standard-level. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 2026.
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| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct |
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Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
Each deficiency, as cited
Rule titles as CMS’s inspectors cite them, set in sentence case.
CMS, QCOR hospice inspection reports. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.
Jan 29, 2025: recertification inspection by the state2 deficiencies
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Names and Contact Information (42 CFR 418.113(c)(1))
The inspectors’ words, 109 words
“Based on review of the Emergency Preparedness Plan (EPP) and interview, the facility failed to maintain a current list of names and contact information for the patients physicians in the EPP Communication Plan. This failure had the potential to affect patients who received care from the hospice and could delay the hospice’s ability to respond to an emergency. Findings Include: Review of the hospice EPP Communication Plan showed the plan did not include a list of patients’ physicians and their contact information. During an interview on 01/29/25 at 5:53 PM Staff A, Hospice Director, stated, “The patients physicians are in our on-call book, but not in the emergency plan.””
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Timeframe for completion of assessment (42 CFR 418.54(b))
The inspectors’ words, 491 words
“Based on record review, policy review, and interview, the Hospice Agency (HA) failed to ensure the comprehensive assessment was completed by the Social Worker within five days of the election of Hospice benefit for 2 (Patient 5 and 11) of 14 patients reviewed. This failure had the potential to delay medically needed social services and service provision to hospice patients. Findings Include: Review of hospice policy titled, “Medical Social Services,” revised June 2019, showed, “Procedure 1. The Social Worker’s services are provided in accordance with the IDG (Interdisciplinary Group) plan of care. . . and 2. The purpose of the psychosocial assessment is to help the IDG identify issues that either impede or facilitate the patient’s treatment and to assist the patient/family in reaching the maximum benefit from Hospice care and services. . . “ Review of the same policy showed an attachment titled, “;IDG Team Initiation and Coordination Process 2023,” revised 01/04/23, that showed, “;Initial Psychosocial & Complicated Grief Risk Assessment,” and identified the, “MSW [Master of Social Work]” with a Timing/Due of, “5 days from admit or within a reasonable timeframe based off pt [patient]/PCG [patient care giver] availability.” Patient 5 Review of Patient 5’s record titled, “Patient Information,” showed the date of hospice election as 03/08/24 with medical diagnoses that included senile degeneration of the brain, hypertension, and arthritis. Review of Patient 5’s record showed the initial psychosocial assessment was completed by the Social Worker (SW) on 03/15/24 (7 days after election of the Hospice benefit.) The record showed the SW made a phone call to the patient and/or family on 03/13/24 but made no notes regarding contact or a request for an assessment to be completed past the allotted five-day assessment completion period. During an interview on 01/29/25 at 2:30 PM, Staff B, Clinical Manager, confirmed the date of the Social Worker’s assessment for Patient 5 was 03/15/24 and confirmed the record did not have documentation of earlier contact with the patient and/or family. Patient 11 Review of Patient 11’s record titled, “Patient Information,” showed the date of hospice election as 07/30/24 with medical diagnoses that included Parkinson’s disease, hypertensive heart and chronic kidney disease with heart failure, and chronic kidney disease. Review of Patient 11’s record showed the initial psychosocial assessment was completed by the SW on 08/14/24 (15 days after the date of hospice election.) The record showed the SW attempted a first contact phone call on 08/07/24 and documented, “Phone call to [family name] placed so I can meet with [patient] and family as well as complete Psychosocial Assessment – [family name] did not answer so a voicemail was left which [sic] social work direct line is provided in the voicemail,” dated and signed on 08/09/24 at 8:37 AM. During an interview on 01/29/25 at 4:15 PM, Staff B, Clinical Manager, confirmed the SW initial assessment was dated 08/14/24 and confirmed there was no documentation of patient contact prior to 08/07/24 in the record.”
All 2 inspections in the last three years
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 2025 | Recertification inspection by the state | No deficiencies cited |
| Jan 29, 2025 | Recertification inspection by the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
Is it certified?
- Medicare-certified hospice since Mar 9, 1994.
- Ownership: other.
- No For hospices, home health agencies, hospitals and dialysis facilities, CMS writes deficiencies at two levels. Standard is the usual one; condition-level is the more serious, when a problem is serious enough that the provider doesn’t meet a whole condition of taking part in Medicare. Source: CMS, State Operations Manual. deficiency or CMS’s most serious finding: the place’s failure to meet a rule caused, or was likely to cause, serious injury, harm, impairment or death to someone in its care. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 489.3. on record in the last three years.
CMS, Hospice General Information. Released Aug 26, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, QCOR hospice inspection reports. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.
Has anything been proven against it?
- CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for hospices, so none are shown.
- 0 deficiencies cited in the last three years came from inspections that included a complaint investigation.
CMS, QCOR hospice inspection reports. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.
Who does the caring?
- From Medicare claims (Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2024): 17.1 nurse care minutes per routine home care day, 6.8% of skilled nursing minutes at weekends and a visit near death for 94.2% of patients who died.
- Where its patients were cared for (Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024): 71% at home, 5% in assisted living, 22% in a nursing facility, 2% in a hospital.
CMS, Hospice Provider Data. Released Aug 26, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Measure | This provider |
|---|---|
| Nurse care minutes per routine home care day | 17.1 min |
| Skilled nursing minutes at weekends | 6.8% |
| Visits near death | 94.2% of patients who died |
Who owns it?
- Salina Regional Health Center Inc. runs it.
- 10 owners or officers are people: Elgin J. Glanzer (managing employee (on the payroll), 0%); Elgin J. Glanzer (runs it (operational or managerial control), 0%); William Short (corporate director, 0%); James Dennis Biggs (corporate director, 0%); Karman Diehl (other role (CMS gives no detail), 0%); Anthony Geiger (corporate director, 0%); Kent P. Wyatt (corporate director, 0%); Joseph Steven Schwarting (corporate director, 0%); Reginald H Courtois (managing employee (on the payroll), 0%); Reginald H Courtois (runs it (operational or managerial control), 0%).
- No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
- No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
CMS, Hospice All Owners and Hospice Enrollments. Released Sep 29, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Organisation | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salina Regional Health Center Inc. | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | 100% | Jan 1, 2022 |
What do families say?
- CMS gives no family caregiver survey rating: “The number of cases is too small to report Star Ratings.”
- In CMS’s survey of family caregivers (Oct 1, 2023 to Sep 30, 2025): 90% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10, and 93% would definitely recommend it.
- CMS’s Hospice Care Index: 10 of 10 (Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2024).
- 92.79% of patients were assessed on all seven of CMS’s measures at the start of care (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025); 39.1% had visits from a nurse or social worker on at least 2 of their last 3 days (Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2024).
CMS, CAHPS Hospice Survey and Hospice Provider Data. Released Aug 26, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Measure | Rating |
|---|---|
| Family caregiver survey ratingCMS star rating from its survey of patients’ family caregivers, 1 to 5 | Not rated |
| Hospice Care IndexCMS’s Hospice Care Index, 0 to 10 (higher is better): a point for each of ten measures from Medicare claims on which the hospice meets CMS’s threshold | 10 of 10 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Of the 6 hospices CMS’s data show serving patients in ZIP code 67410, where this hospice’s office is, the middle number of deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 2.
CMS, Hospice ZIP Data. Released Aug 26, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, QCOR hospice inspection reports. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Hospice of Dickinson County This hospice | 2 |
| Gentiva | 11 |
| St Croix Hospice | 4 |
| Enhabit Hospice | Not given |
| Good Shepherd Hospice | 2 |
| Interim Healthcare of Wichita Inc. (Hospice) | 1 |
What the record doesn’t say
- CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for hospices, so none are shown.
- Only complaints that led to a citation appear; complaints that didn’t aren’t published.
- CMS ended its Special Focus Program for hospices with serious problems on Feb 14, 2025, so no hospice is marked as one.
- Hospice quality measures have a gap from October 2025: CMS replaced its patient assessment then, and public results from the new one (HOPE) are expected around November 2027.
Sources
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospice General Information (yc9t-dgbk).
Released Aug 26, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospice Provider Data (252m-zfp9).
Released Aug 26, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, CAHPS Hospice Survey (gxki-hrr8).
Released Aug 26, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, QCOR hospice inspection reports (Hospice Survey Reports - Oct 2021 through Sep 2026.xlsx).
Released Oct 23, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospice All Owners (e983965e-1603-4cb8-82b5-c40090e380d1).
Released Sep 29, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospice Enrollments (25704213-e833-4b8b-9dbc-58dd17149209).
Released Sep 29, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospice ZIP Data (95rg-2usp).
Released Aug 26, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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This copy of the record was made on Oct 27, 2026.
From the hospice
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Replies
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Paid listing
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