Tallgrass Creek, Inc is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2014-05-16. 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 (913) 945-2350 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Tallgrass Creek, Inc holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 5 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), 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 76.7/100, placing it #5149 of 14703 facilities nationally and #88 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 Tallgrass Creek, Inc receives a reported average of 4 hours 47 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 12 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 59 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 36 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 10 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 37.5%. 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 $7,446. 2 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 $7,446, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 45.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Tallgrass Creek, Inc ranks 5149th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 76.7/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within KS, it ranks 88th out of 297 nursing homes. In Overland Park, it ranks 3rd out of 13 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,617 nationally and RN hours rank #1,121 nationally (#20 in KS). Our composite quality score of 76.7/100 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 Overland Park, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/kansas/overland-park/