Good Samaritan - Wamego
A nursing home in Wamego, Kansas 66547
2011 Grandview Drive, Wamego, Kansas 66547. (785) 456-9482.
- Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.
- 4of 5 CMS’s overall rating
- 11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle Kansas average: 9.4
- 3.77 nurse hours per resident per day Kansas average: 4.13
- 2 fines in the last three years (needs attention)
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean8
- Star ratings
- CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.
- 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.
- Scope and severity (A to L)
- CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7).
- Nurse staffing hours
- The hours registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and nurse aides worked, per resident per day, from the payroll records each home sends CMS. Source: CMS, Payroll-Based Journal.
- Fines and payment denials
- A fine (civil money penalty) is money CMS makes a nursing home pay when it falls short of federal rules. A payment denial means Medicare and Medicaid stop paying for new admissions until the home meets the rules again. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.430 and 488.417.
- Immediate jeopardy
- 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.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle
The Kansas average is 9.4.
Last standard inspection Feb 5, 2024.
Most serious in three years: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (J), at a complaint inspection on May 16, 2024
CMS, Provider Information, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
When those citations happened
12 citations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2024. Most serious: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (J). The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
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Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
All 12 citations in the last three years
Grouped by inspection, newest first. Each carries CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7)., from A, the least serious, to L, the most. 1 came from complaint inspections.
CMS, Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
May 16, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
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Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Feb 5, 2024: standard inspection11 citations
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Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
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Plan the resident’s discharge to meet the resident’s goals and needs.
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Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge.
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Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
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Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
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Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
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Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
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Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
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Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
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Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Is it certified, and in good standing?
- Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since Mar 1, 1996.
- Not on CMS’s special focus list.
- No abuse icon from CMS.
- No change of ownership in the last 12 months.
- CMS lists its ownership as non profit, corporation.
- 45 certified beds.
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
Has it been fined or penalized?
- 2 fines in the last three years, $26,525 in all.
- No Medicare payment denials in the last three years.
- 1 citation in the last three years came from complaint inspections.
CMS, Penalties and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Date | Kind | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2024 | Fine | $9,315 |
| Mar 27, 2024 | Fine | $17,210 |
Who does the caring?
3.77 nurse hours per resident per day
The Kansas average is 4.13.
CMS publishes staffing about four months after the fact.
CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Measure | This home | Kansas average |
|---|---|---|
| Nurse hours per resident per day | 3.77 | 4.13 |
| Of which registered nurses | 0.98 | 0.73 |
| At weekends | 3.25 | 3.62 |
| Nursing staff turnover | 20.9% | 48% |
| Registered nurse turnover | 30% | 42.6% |
| Administrators who left | 1 | Not given |
Who owns it?
- Sanford owns 100% directly since Jan 1, 2019.
- The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society runs it.
- 26 owners or officers are people: Mark Allen Lundeen (corporate director, 0%); Jennifer C Milner (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Jennifer C Milner (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Marnie Lynn Ventling-Herrmann (corporate director, 0%); Tony Lee Morrison (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Tony Lee Morrison (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Angela Barber (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Angela Barber (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Brent Gerard Teiken (corporate director, 0%); Joel Adam Fluit (corporate officer, 0%); Dana James Dykhouse (corporate director, 0%); Andrew Stewart North (corporate director, 0%); Aimee Nicole Middleton (corporate officer, 0%); Stephanie Marie Herseth Sandlin (corporate director, 0%); William Joseph Gassen (corporate officer, 0%); William Joseph Gassen (corporate director, 0%); George Joseph Brown (corporate director, 0%); Wesley Owen Engbrecht (corporate director, 0%); Maureen Patricia Mccausland (corporate director, 0%); Nathan Thomas Schema (corporate officer, 0%); Thomas Richard Wenzel (corporate director, 0%); David Jonathan Shulkin (corporate director, 0%); Neil Leslie Gulsvig (corporate director, 0%); Kevin Victor Schieffer (corporate director, 0%); Lauris Nelson Molbert (corporate director, 0%); Nicholas Wayne Olson (corporate officer, 0%).
- Part of Good Samaritan Society (92 homes in CMS’s data).
- No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
- No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
CMS, All Owners. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly.
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Organisation | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | 100% | Jan 1, 2019 |
| Sanford | Owns 5% or more directly | 100% | Jan 1, 2019 |
How do residents fare?
- CMS rates its quality measures 3 of 5 (Kansas average 3.3).
CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Measure | Rating |
|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 3 of 5 |
| Staffing | 5 of 5 |
| Quality measures | 3 of 5 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Among the 12 nearest homes, within 31.4 miles, this one had the 2nd most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (11; the middle value was 6).
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Place | Miles away | Citations, latest cycle |
|---|---|---|
| Good Samaritan - Wamego This nursing home | 11 | |
| Westy Community Care Home | 8.1 | 7 |
| Meadowlark Hills | 13.8 | 5 |
| Community Hospital Onaga Ltcu | 13.9 | 3 |
| Via Christi Village Manhattan, Inc. | 15.4 | 6 |
| Stoneybrook Retirement Community | 16.7 | 9 |
| Rossville Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center | 20.6 | 23 |
| Onaga Operator, LLC | 21.3 | 3 |
| Eskridge Care and Rehab | 26.2 | 6 |
| Leonardville Nursing Home | 31.1 | 4 |
| The Healthcare Resort of Topeka | 31.2 | 2 |
| Rolling Hills Health Center | 31.4 | 10 |
What the record doesn’t say
- Complaints that didn’t lead to a citation aren’t published.
- Inspections reach CMS’s data about six weeks after they happen, and staffing about four months after.
- CMS publishes the inspectors’ full written findings in a separate monthly file, which isn’t loaded yet.
- Fines and Medicare payment denials are the only enforcement CMS publishes; state licence actions aren’t included.
Sources
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Provider Information (4pq5-n9py).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health Deficiencies (r5ix-sfxw).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Penalties (g6vv-u9sr).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, All Owners (afe44b85-cc6d-40d7-b5df-00ae8910d1d2).
Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, State and US Averages (xcdc-v8bm).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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