Kansas Soldiers Home is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2009-09-17. 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 (620) 227-2121 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Kansas Soldiers Home 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 (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 83.8/100, placing it #2121 of 14703 facilities nationally and #39 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 Kansas Soldiers Home receives a reported average of 6 hours 10 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 6 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 20 minutes; Nurse Aide — 4 hours 43 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 52 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 34.2%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 9 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $197,022. 9 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 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 110.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Kansas Soldiers Home ranks 2121st out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 83.8/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within KS, it ranks 39th out of 297 nursing homes. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 4. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #311 nationally and RN hours rank #1,492 nationally (#27 in KS). Our composite quality score of 83.8/100 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 Fort Dodge, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/kansas/fort-dodge/