Russell Regional Hospital Ltcu is certified as a Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2002-11-05. 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 (785) 483-3131 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Russell Regional Hospital Ltcu 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 (2★), Staffing (1★), 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 62.0/100, placing it #11421 of 14703 facilities nationally and #227 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 Russell Regional Hospital Ltcu receives a reported average of 4 hours 47 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 15 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 40 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 52 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 47 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 1 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.

The facility has received 6 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $4,875. 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 100.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Russell Regional Hospital Ltcu ranks 11421st out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 62.0/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within KS, it ranks 227th out of 297 nursing homes. In Russell, it ranks 2nd out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,634 nationally and RN hours rank #13,400 nationally (#281 in KS). Our composite quality score of 62.0/100 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 Russell, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/kansas/russell/