Nursing Facilities with Zero Deficiencies

Lenette Hamm • February 25, 2025

A nursing home’s failure to meet a Federal participation requirement is defined as a deficiency. Examples of deficiencies include a nursing home’s failure to adhere to proper infection control measures and to provide necessary care and services. Each deficiency is given a letter rating of A through L based on the State agency’s determination of the scope and severity of the deficiency. See chart below.

KABC keeps track of inspection results for every licensed long-term care facility in Kansas.  We look for patterns or trends of both good quality care and poor care.


The following six nursing facilities in Kansas had no deficiencies cited during their most recent health inspection:


  • Bethesda Home, Goessel
  • Haviland Health and Rehab
  • Ross Hall, Leavenworth
  • North Point Skilled Nursing Center, Paola
  • Yates Center Health and Rehab (recently burned down, all residents and staff were safely evacuated)
  • Villa Maria, Mulvane


In addition, Ross Hall, Haviland Health and Rehab, and Yates Center Health & Rehab have had three consecutive inspections with no deficiencies.


To learn more about these facilities or any others in Kansas, contact KABC.  We can provide up-to-date information about inspection results, complaint investigations, changes in administrators or owners and more at no cost.  Let us help you in finding the best care possible for your loved ones.

Advocacy in Action (April 2025): Legislative Recap

April 2, 2025
As we move further into 2025, we want to share an update on our legislative advocacy efforts this session. KABC remains committed to championing policies that protect and support older adults and individuals in long-term care. Here’s a look at key legislative developments and where things stand:
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Opinion Piece from Dave Ranney, KABC Board Member

By Dave Ranney • April 1, 2025
Opinion piece from Dave Ranney, current KABC Board Member and retired newspaper reporter: In a recent Kansas News Service story on Sen. Roger Marshall’s appearance at a town hall meeting in Oakley, Kansas, (pop. 1,982), a board member with the local nursing home said he’d hoped to hear about issues “…affecting nursing homes right now. Rural hospitals are hurting but all people wanted to do was scream at the senator.” The board member’s concerns are valid and deeply troubling. Cuts in Medicaid spending will be devastating. Medicaid is the backbone of long-term care in Kansas; 57 percent of the state’s nursing home residents rely on Medicaid for their care. These are frail elders whose estates have been depleted. They have no money. Medicaid reimbursement rates are, at best, break-even. They’re not ‘profit centers.’ Even a small reduction in rates will push many rural facilities to the brink of closure. Quality of care, too, is sure to suffer. Medicare, unfortunately, does not cover nursing home care. Rural families will be left with no choice but to move their loved ones far from home to receive the care they need and deserve. Already, eight of the state’s 105 counites are without a nursing home; at least 40 have only one. National surveys have found that a fourth of the nursing homes in Kansas are providing sub-standard care, usually due to inadequate staffing. Recruiting and retaining nurses and healthcare staff in small towns is critical. The board member would do well to consider what’ll happen when DOGE figures out that Medicaid is paying for care that often falls short of federal standard. Lawmakers on both the state and national levels have a responsibility to ensure stable Medicaid funding to keep existing facilities open while, at the same time, investing in community-based services that offer lower-cost, in-home care options that allow people to remain in their communities. Sincerely, Dave Ranney Dave Ranney is a retired newspaper reporter, he lives in Lawrence, Kansas.