Southwest Medical Center Snf is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1987-07-31. 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) 629-6291 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Southwest Medical Center Snf 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 (4★), 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 96.8/100, placing it #99 of 14703 facilities nationally and #2 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 Southwest Medical Center Snf receives a reported average of 7 hours 51 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 3 hours 9 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 2 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 41 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 7 hours 56 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 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 16 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $27,716. 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 57.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Southwest Medical Center Snf ranks 99th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 96.8/100), placing it in the top 5% nationwide. Within KS, it ranks 2nd out of 297 nursing homes. In Liberal, it ranks 1st out of 3 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #105 nationally and RN hours rank #83 nationally (#1 in KS). Our composite quality score of 96.8/100 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 Liberal, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/kansas/liberal/