Mennonite Friendship Communities Inc
600 W Blanchard Avenue, South Hutchinson, KS, 67505
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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 Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 100 · avg 76 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 25.4% — lower than most Kansas nursing homesKansas avg: 49.1% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 0% — lower than most Kansas nursing homesKansas avg: 41.9% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 1 fine · $14,498 total
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 175379
- Certified beds
- 100 beds · avg 76 residents/day
- Ownership type
- Non profit - Corporation
- Continuing-care community
- Yes
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- Mennonite Friendship Communities, Inc
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Disclosed owners (16 on record)
- Richard Erik Liepins
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Dawn Ellen Veh
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Chris Schmidt
Corporate Director · since 2024
- Keith Nisly
Corporate Director · since 2024
- Martha Miller
Corporate Director · since 2024
- Verton Miller
Corporate Director · since 2024
+ 10 additional owners on the federal record.
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners, as of May 2026.
Federal inspection record
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 24)
- D0628·Aug 26, 2025Complaint
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
- D0627·Aug 26, 2025Complaint
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Ensure the transfer/discharge meets the resident's needs/preferences and that the resident is prepared for a safe transfer/discharge.
- D0849·Jan 15, 2025Complaint
Administration Deficiencies
Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.
- D0760·Jan 15, 2025Complaint
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- D0758·Jan 15, 2025Complaint
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
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 li…
- D0757·Jan 15, 2025Complaint
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
- D0756·Jan 15, 2025Complaint
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
- D0693·Jan 15, 2025Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20251 fine · $14K
Most recent events
- Feb 5, 2025Fine · $14K
Fire-safety citations
46 Life-Safety-Code citations on file, including 1 at severity J–L. Most recent: Jan 15, 2025. 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.
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- Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.
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