Good Samaritan Northwest Kansas Home Health
Good Samaritan Northwest Kansas Home Health is a Medicare-certified home health agency in St Francis, KS, certified since 2001. In the September 2026 CMS release it has 4 stars for quality of care rating; the Kansas average is 3.3. CMS rates it better than the national rate for patients able to stay at home after care, preventable hospital stays during care.
Address217 E Hwy 36, St Francis, KS 67756
Phone(785) 332-3588
OwnershipNon-profit
Medicare certifiedNovember 2001
CMS Certification Number178050
Services
Quality of care rating
4 of 5
CMS's 1-5 star rating for quality of patient care, built from how often patients improved in walking, bathing and breathing, how quickly care started and how often patients went back into the hospital. The average for rated home health agencies in Kansas is 3.3 stars.
Quality of care
Care started on timeHow often the agency began care within two days of a referral or hospital discharge.
100%
U.S. median 98% · KS 99%
Patients got better at walkingHow often patients improved in walking or moving around.
89%
U.S. median 88% · KS 85%
Patients got better at getting in and out of bedHow often patients improved in getting in and out of bed.
94%
U.S. median 89% · KS 89%
Patients got better at bathingHow often patients improved in bathing themselves.
84%
U.S. median 90% · KS 89%
Patients' breathing improvedHow often patients had less shortness of breath.
97%
U.S. median 91% · KS 90%
Patients got better at taking medicinesHow often patients improved in taking their oral medicines correctly.
90%
U.S. median 87% · KS 88%
Falls with a major injuryShare of patients who had a fall that caused a major injury.
1.2%
U.S. median 0.8% · KS 1.2%
New or worsening pressure injuriesShare of patients whose pressure ulcers or injuries were new or worse at the end of care.
0%
U.S. median 0% · KS 0.1%
Lower is better for falls with a major injury, new or worsening pressure injuries. Medians are of every home health agency CMS reports a figure for.
Hospital stays and spending
Patients able to stay at home after careRisk-adjusted share of patients discharged to their home or community without an unplanned hospital stay or death in the following 31 days.
84%
U.S. median 85% · KS 85%
Better than the U.S.
Preventable hospital readmissions after careRisk-adjusted rate of potentially preventable readmissions in the 30 days after home health care ended.
4.7%
U.S. median 4.1% · KS 4%
Same as the U.S.
Preventable hospital stays during careRisk-adjusted rate of potentially preventable hospital admissions while patients were under the agency's care.
6.2%
U.S. median 10% · KS 11%
Better than the U.S.
Medicare spending per episodeWhat Medicare spent on an episode of care at this agency, against the national average (1.00 = the national average).
1.35
U.S. median 0.97 · KS 1.05
Lower is better for preventable hospital readmissions after care, preventable hospital stays during care. Medians are of every home health agency CMS reports a figure for.
Hospitals near Good Samaritan Northwest Kansas Home Health
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Cheyenne County HospitalSt Francis, KS · Emergency department
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Dundy County HospitalBenkelman, NE · Emergency department
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Source: CMS Home Health Compare (Provider Data Catalog datasets 6jpm-sxkc and ccn4-8vby). September 2026 release. This site is not affiliated with Good Samaritan Northwest Kansas Home Health or with CMS. Report a problem with this page.