Medicalodges Arkansas City
203 E Osage Avenue, Arkansas City, KS, 67005
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Official records from CMS Care Compare — reported by the facility and audited by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. We present them unmodified. Refreshed June 2026.
CMS Abuse Flag
CMS has flagged this facility for a substantiated finding of resident abuse, neglect, or exploitation in its current or recent inspection cycle. Ask the facility for the specific citation and corrective-action plan during your visit, and consider contacting your state's long-term care ombudsman for context.
Source: CMS Care Compare.
Special Focus Candidate
CMS has identified this facility as a Special Focus Candidate — a track record of serious quality issues that places it one step away from full Special Focus Facility designation.
Source: CMS Care Compare.
CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation · Chain: Medicalodges, Inc.
- Certified beds
- 45 · avg 39 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 69% — higher than most Kansas nursing homesKansas avg: 49.1% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 66.7% — higher than most Kansas nursing homesKansas avg: 41.9% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 0 departed — near the Kansas averageKansas avg: 0.3 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 4 fines · $106,083 total
- Payment denials
- 2 denials
- Infection control citations
- 6
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 175313
- Certified beds
- 45 beds · avg 39 residents/day
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Continuing-care community
- No
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- Medicalodges Inc
- Chain affiliation
- Medicalodges, Inc.
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Medicalodges, Inc. chain — 20 facilities across 3 states. Chain-wide average overall rating 2.7 / 5.
Disclosed owners (14 on record)
- Lori a Waechter Harmon
Corporate Officer · since 2018
- Lori m Hughes
W-2 Managing Employee · since 2016
- Medicalodges Inc
5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · 100% · since 2015
- Shannon m Lager
Corporate Officer · since 2013
- Staci Cardenas
Corporate Officer · since 2013
- Travis i Mcbride
Corporate Officer · since 2012
+ 8 additional owners on the federal record.
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Chain Performance Measures, as of May 2026.
Federal inspection record
Immediate-jeopardy citations (CMS scope/severity J–L) are the most serious category federal inspectors issue — meaning a deficiency placed residents in immediate risk of serious harm. Ask the facility for the corrective-action plan filed with CMS, and consider contacting your state long-term care ombudsman for context.
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 41)
- C0921·Jun 26, 2025Complaint
Environmental Deficiencies
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
- F0880·Jun 26, 2025Complaint
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- F0812·Jun 26, 2025Complaint
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- D0740·Jun 26, 2025Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
- E0730·Jun 26, 2025Complaint
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
- D0692·Jun 26, 2025Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
- D0690·Jun 26, 2025Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
- D0689·Jun 26, 2025Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20252 fines · $63K · 1 payment denial
- 20241 fine · $10K
- 20231 fine · $33K · 1 payment denial
Most recent events
- Jun 26, 2025Payment denial · 35 days · starting Jun 30, 2025
- Jun 26, 2025Fine · $41K
- Apr 10, 2025Fine · $22K
- Sep 25, 2024Fine · $10K
- Jun 27, 2023Payment denial · 55 days · starting Jul 27, 2023
- Jun 27, 2023Fine · $33K
Largest single fine on record: $41K.
Fire-safety citations
29 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Oct 10, 2023. Fire-safety inspections cover building-level Life Safety Code compliance, separate from the resident-care health survey.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Health Deficiencies, Fire Safety Deficiencies, and Penalties datasets, snapshot Jun 1, 2026.
Facility background report
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- Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.
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