Mccrite Plaza At Briarcliff Skilled Facility is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2018-05-30. 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 (816) 888-7930 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Mccrite Plaza At Briarcliff Skilled Facility holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (5★), 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 95.0/100, placing it #159 of 14703 facilities nationally and #2 of 487 in Missouri. 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 Mccrite Plaza At Briarcliff Skilled Facility receives a reported average of 6 hours 11 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 48 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 34 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 49 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 5 hours 39 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 47.4%. 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 $16,000. 3 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. There were 1 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $16,000, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 118.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Mccrite Plaza At Briarcliff Skilled Facility ranks 159th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 95.0/100), placing it in the top 5% nationwide. Within MO, it ranks 2nd out of 487 nursing homes. In Kansas City, it ranks 1st out of 23 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #308 nationally and RN hours rank #3,574 nationally (#26 in MO). Our composite quality score of 95.0/100 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 Kansas City, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/missouri/kansas-city/