Overview
Good Samaritan - Wamego has a Medicare overall rating of 4 out of 5, above the Kansas average of 3.1. It is the only Medicare-rated nursing home in Wamego. Its strongest area is staffing (5 of 5), and its weakest is health inspections (3 of 5).
Residents receive about 3.8 hours of nursing care per day, fewer than at 63% of nursing homes in Kansas (the state average is 4.1 hours). Of that, 1.0 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on February 5, 2024, found 11 health deficiencies, more than the Kansas average of 9.5. Medicare records 2 fines totaling $26,525 in the past three years.
Good Samaritan - Wamego is a nonprofit facility with 45 certified beds, caring for about 43 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1996.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
Ranked by Medicare overall rating, then quality, inspection and staffing ratings.
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- February 5, 2024
- Health deficiencies cited
- 11
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 0
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 2 totaling $26,525
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 2
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff3.77 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.98 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.47 hrs
- Nurse aides2.31 hrs
- Physical therapists0.00 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 45
- Average residents per day
- 43
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- March 1, 1996
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes