Medicalodges Goddard is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1994-06-01. 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 (316) 794-8635 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Medicalodges Goddard holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 77.5/100, placing it #4751 of 14703 facilities nationally and #77 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 Medicalodges Goddard receives a reported average of 3 hours 52 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 36 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 54 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 23 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 13 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 66.0%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $10,059. 7 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $10,059, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 82.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Medicalodges Goddard ranks 4751st out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 77.5/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within KS, it ranks 77th out of 297 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #5,729 nationally and RN hours rank #6,717 nationally (#176 in KS). Our composite quality score of 77.5/100 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 Goddard, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/kansas/goddard/