The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited June 2025 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: F
Nursing home report
MEDICALODGES INDEPENDENCE
INDEPENDENCE, KS · Medicare-certified · 45 beds
In good standing
For-profitChain member
4 of 5 overall
MEDICALODGES INDEPENDENCE has an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars, with 4-star health inspection and staffing ratings and a 3-star quality measures rating. It reported 3.63 nurse staffing hours per resident per day versus the 4.1-hour federal benchmark, had $0 in fines in the last 24 months, and recent citations included food handling, antibiotic monitoring, and pharmaceutical services.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
3.6348 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: June 18, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.6348.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.62
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.48
- Nurse aides
- 2.54
- Weekend nursing
- 3.14
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 27%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
13.6%Steady
Residents with a fall causing major injury
2.9%Improving
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
5.9%Worsening
Residents with a urinary tract infection
3.7%Worsening
Residents who lost too much weight
5.5%Improving
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
15.7%Worsening
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
17.5%Steady
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
29.6%Steady
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
6.1%Steady
Residents with a long-term catheter
0%Steady
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
32%Worsening
Residents with depressive symptoms
1.7%Worsening
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
100%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
100%Steady
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
100%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
97.4%Worsening
What the inspectors found
The home failed to monitor antibiotic use properly. Cited April 2022 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 881 — 42 CFR §483.80 — S/S: F
The home failed to provide pharmacy services and a licensed pharmacist needed to meet each resident’s medication needs. Cited October 2023 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 755 — 42 CFR §483.45 — S/S: E
The home failed to honor residents’ choices about treatment, research participation, and advance care instructions. Cited June 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 578 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: D
The home failed to keep residents’ personal and medical records private and confidential. Cited June 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 583 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: D
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 7 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 7 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Chain
- Part of MEDICALODGES, INC. · 20 homes · 2.7 stars avg
- Occupancy
- 41.7 residents on an average day (93% of 45 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 23 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.