Sandstone Heights is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2008-10-01. 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 (620) 897-6266 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Sandstone Heights 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 (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 64.9/100, placing it #10388 of 14703 facilities nationally and #190 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 Sandstone Heights receives a reported average of 4 hours 38 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 5 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 39 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 54 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 12 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 52.5%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $67,763. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. There were 1 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $67,763, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 3. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 91.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Sandstone Heights ranks 10388th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 64.9/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within KS, it ranks 190th out of 297 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,989 nationally and RN hours rank #1,584 nationally (#31 in KS). Our composite quality score of 64.9/100 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 Little River, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/kansas/little-river/