The nursing home failed to keep the area free of hazards and provide enough supervision to prevent accidents. Cited February 2025 — isolated incident, actual harm.
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F-Tag 689 — 42 CFR §483.25(d) — S/S: G
Nursing home report
MEADOWLARK HILLS
MANHATTAN, KS · Medicare-certified · 134 beds
Needs attention
Non-profit
5 of 5 overall
MEADOWLARK HILLS (MANHATTAN, KS) has a 5-out-of-5 overall rating, with strong staffing and quality measures and a 4-star health inspection rating. It reports 4.78 nurse staffing hours per resident per day versus the 4.1 federal benchmark, and it has a recent federal penalty with $8,278 in fines in the last 24 months.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
4.7785 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: April 9, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $8,278recent federal penalty
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.7785.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 1.05
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.64
- Nurse aides
- 3.09
- Weekend nursing
- 4.27
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 49%
Registered nurse turnover: 21%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
13.3%Improving
Residents with a fall causing major injury
3.6%Improving
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
3.6%Steady
Residents with a urinary tract infection
2.5%Worsening
Residents who lost too much weight
6.4%Improving
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
13.9%Improving
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
14.4%Improving
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
21.1%Improving
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
0.5%Worsening
Residents with a long-term catheter
0.9%Steady
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
22.9%Worsening
Residents with depressive symptoms
0.8%Improving
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
99.1%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
99.5%Worsening
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
94.7%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
99.2%Worsening
What the inspectors found
The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited April 2025 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: F
The nursing home failed to develop and follow policies to make sure residents received flu and pneumonia vaccinations. Cited April 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 883 — 42 CFR §483.80 — S/S: E
The home failed to protect residents from the wrongful use of their belongings or money. Cited August 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 602 — 42 CFR §483.12 — S/S: E
The home failed to tell residents or their representatives in writing how long their bed would be held after a hospital transfer or therapeutic leave. Cited April 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 625 — 42 CFR §483.15 — S/S: D
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 5 health deficiencies.
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- PENALTY
A federal fine of $8,278 was recorded.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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Penalties & enforcement
On record with Medicare: 1 fine · $8,278 in total fines.
- $8,278
Federal fine
Feb 3, 2025
Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Occupancy
- 121.2 residents on an average day (90% of 134 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident & family councils
- Medicare history
- Certified for 38 years
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.