Manor of the Plains on U.S. News and World Report Best Nursing Home list
Manor of the Plains in Dodge City has been named “High Performing” by U.S. News and World Report in both short-term rehabilitation and long-term care. Being a High Performing community places Manor of the Plains on the U.S. News and World Report’s Best Nursing Homes list for 2020-21.
Manor of the Plains is a PMMA (Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America) community. The campus offers both short-term rehabilitation and long-term care in its 50-bed health care center. In addition, the campus offers independent and assisted living.
All Medicare- and Medicaid-certified health care centers were evaluated by U.S. News. To be eligible for an overall rating, a center must have received reimbursement from CMS in July 2020 and had sufficient data to evaluate quality in that rating.
U.S. News uses information from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the government agency that sets and enforces standards for nursing homes and skilled nursing centers. CMS assigns one to five stars to each community for how well it performs in health inspections, nurse staffing and level of quality care.
Over the past two years, U.S. News changed its focus from the CMS star ratings to specific quality measures for short-term rehabilitation and long-term care. The 10 quality measures focus on staffing, outcomes, resident complaints and processes of care. Some of the measures used by U.S. News are not included in the CMS approach to determining 5-star ratings.
U.S. News added the Short-Term Rehabilitation rating in 2018 evaluating the care delivered to patients after a hospitalization for surgery, heart attack, stroke, injury or similar condition. In 2019, U.S. News added a Long-Term Care rating evaluating the care delivered to residents who are no longer able to live independently and need help with daily activities such as eating, getting in or out of bed or a wheelchair, using stairs, or getting dressed, as well as administering needed medical care.
In order to be included on the U.S. News and World Report Best Nursing Homes list, a skilled nursing center had to receive the High Performing designation in either the short-term rehabilitation or long-term care categories. In 2020, CMS awarded 5-stars to 3,689 skilled nursing centers. A total of 3,277 skilled nursing centers were recognized as Best Nursing Homes in 2020 – 2,362 in short-term rehabilitation and 1,623 in long-term care. Just 708 skilled nursing communities received this designation in both short-term rehabilitation and long-term care.
In addition to Manor of the Plains, six PMMA locations are on the long-term care honoree list with high-performing ratings: Aberdeen Village (Olathe), Arkansas City, Lawrence, Topeka and Wichita in Kansas and Aberdeen Heights (Kirkwood) in Missouri.
Manor of the Plains (Dodge City), Aberdeen Village (Olathe) and Wichita in Kansas and Aberdeen Heights (Kirkwood) in Missouri were named High Performing in the Short-Stay category, placing them among 708 skilled nursing communities to be ranked as High Performing for both categories.
“Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America employees continue to focus their efforts on delivering quality care every day,” said PMMA President and CEO Bruce Shogren. “The High Performing designation confirms their good work.”
All Medicare- and Medicaid-certified health care centers were evaluated by U.S. News. To be eligible for an overall rating, a center must have received reimbursement from CMS in July 2020 and had sufficient data to evaluate quality in that rating.
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