Southwind At Spearville is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2022-09-07. 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) 385-2161 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Southwind At Spearville 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 (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 78.9/100, placing it #4185 of 14703 facilities nationally and #70 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 Southwind At Spearville receives a reported average of 6 hours 23 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 42 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 30 minutes; Nurse Aide — 4 hours 10 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 6 hours 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 34.5%. 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 $7,446. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $7,446, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 63.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Southwind At Spearville ranks 4185th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 78.9/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within KS, it ranks 70th out of 297 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #255 nationally and RN hours rank #378 nationally (#5 in KS). Our composite quality score of 78.9/100 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 Spearville, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/kansas/spearville/