Smoky Hill Rehabilitation Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1989-04-17. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (785) 823-7107 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Smoky Hill Rehabilitation Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (1★), Staffing (1★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 46.5/100, placing it #14333 of 14703 facilities nationally and #293 of 297 in Kansas. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Smoky Hill Rehabilitation Center receives a reported average of 2 hours 10 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 26 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 19 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 25 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 4 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 1 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 92.8%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 4 fine(s) totaling $126,993. 81 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. There were 2 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 4 fine(s) totaling $126,993, and 2 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 6. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 150.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Smoky Hill Rehabilitation Center ranks 14333rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 46.5/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within KS, it ranks 293rd out of 297 nursing homes. In Salina, it ranks 6th out of 6 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 6th of 6. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #14,083 nationally and RN hours rank #10,203 nationally (#237 in KS). Our composite quality score of 46.5/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Salina, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/kansas/salina/