Stevens County Hospital Ltcu Dba Pioneer Manor is certified as a Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1987-08-19. 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) 544-2023 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Stevens County Hospital Ltcu Dba Pioneer Manor 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 (3★), 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 62.9/100, placing it #11142 of 14703 facilities nationally and #216 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 Stevens County Hospital Ltcu Dba Pioneer Manor receives a reported average of 4 hours 23 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 39 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 27 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 17 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 52 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

Stevens County Hospital Ltcu Dba Pioneer Manor has received zero fines across all five years of available data (2022–2026), reflecting a strong regulatory compliance record. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. 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 148.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Stevens County Hospital Ltcu Dba Pioneer Manor ranks 11142nd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 62.9/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within KS, it ranks 216th out of 297 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,851 nationally and RN hours rank #5,923 nationally (#149 in KS). Our composite quality score of 62.9/100 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 Hugoton, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/kansas/hugoton/