Fowler Residential Care is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2012-05-07. 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) 646-5215 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Fowler Residential Care 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 (4★), Staffing (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (1★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 63.5/100, placing it #10880 of 14703 facilities nationally and #206 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 Fowler Residential Care receives a reported average of 5 hours of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 43 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 23 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 54 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 13 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 35.0%. 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 $8,021. 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 1 fine(s) totaling $8,021, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 39.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Fowler Residential Care ranks 10880th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 63.5/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within KS, it ranks 206th out of 297 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,219 nationally and RN hours rank #369 nationally (#4 in KS). Our composite quality score of 63.5/100 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 Fowler, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/kansas/fowler/