Kansas Nursing Home Compliance Guide
This compliance guide summarizes CMS survey performance for the 297 skilled nursing facilities in Kansas. Facilities average 26.9 deficiency citations each, with 7,979 total citations recorded and 0 facilities reporting zero deficiencies, including 260 at Immediate Jeopardy severity. Understanding Kansas's most-cited F-Tags and deficiency categories helps administrators focus survey-preparation and Plan of Correction efforts where citations are most likely.
Most-Cited Deficiency Categories in Kansas
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies — 2,343 citations
- Pharmacy Service Deficiencies — 1,296 citations
- Resident Rights Deficiencies — 1,123 citations
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies — 756 citations
- Infection Control Deficiencies — 652 citations
- Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies — 641 citations
Most-Cited F-Tags in Kansas
- F-Tag F0689: Free of Accident Hazards/Supervision/Devices — 600 citations
- F-Tag F0880: Infection Prevention & Control — 434 citations
- F-Tag F0812: Food Procurement Store/Prepare/Serve-Sanitary — 403 citations
- F-Tag F0756: Drug Regimen Review Report Irregularities Act On — 316 citations
- F-Tag F0657: Care Plan Timing and Revision — 303 citations
- F-Tag F0758: Psychotropic Drugs-PRN Use — 285 citations
- F-Tag F0757: Drug Regimen is Free From Unnecessary Drugs — 278 citations
- F-Tag F0677: ADL Care Provided for Dependent Residents — 229 citations
- F-Tag F0761: Label/Store Drugs and Biologicals — 215 citations
- F-Tag F0550: Resident Rights/Exercise of Rights — 210 citations
More Kansas Compliance Data
- Kansas Nursing Home Scorecard
- Kansas Compliance Benchmark
- Kansas Survey Tracker
- Best Nursing Homes in Kansas
Explore POCDesk — Free Nursing Home Compliance Tools
- SNF Scorecard — look up any facility's inspection record
- Nursing Home Compare Tool — side-by-side comparisons
- Skilled Nursing Near Me — find facilities by city & state
- Best Nursing Homes by State — ranked by inspection results
- Survey Tracker — recent CMS survey activity
- F-Tag Reference Guide — every CMS deficiency tag
- Plan of Correction (POC) Complete Guide
- Free AI POC Generator
- Plan of Correction Examples
- CMS Survey Preparation Guide
- SNF Compliance Guides
- What Is Skilled Nursing Care?
Official Sources
POCDesk analyzes official government data. Verify any facility's record or read the underlying regulations at these primary sources:
- Medicare.gov Care Compare — CMS's official nursing home comparison tool
- CMS Provider Data Catalog — the raw nursing home inspection & deficiency datasets
- CMS Nursing Home Certification & Compliance — enforcement policy and the Special Focus Facility program
- 42 CFR Part 483 (eCFR) — the federal requirements of participation behind every F-Tag
- National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center — free advocacy help for residents and families