Hill Top House is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2008-01-01. 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) 826-3202 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Hill Top House 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 (3★), Staffing (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 76.5/100, placing it #5237 of 14703 facilities nationally and #91 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 Hill Top House receives a reported average of 4 hours 28 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 3 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 16 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 9 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 17 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 54.3%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 13 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $55,110. 3 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 51.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Hill Top House ranks 5237th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 76.5/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within KS, it ranks 91st out of 297 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,519 nationally and RN hours rank #1,760 nationally (#36 in KS). Our composite quality score of 76.5/100 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 Bucklin, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/kansas/bucklin/