Kansas Rehabilitation Hospital: 1504 SW 8th Ave

Medicare star ratingNot ratedReason below

Beds57Medicare cost report FY2024

CMS's overall star rating covers general acute care and critical access hospitals; rehabilitation hospitals are not rated.

Source: CMS Care CompareER figures are medians, not live waitsAbout the data

Visiting Kansas Rehabilitation Hospital

Address 1504 SW 8th Ave
Topeka, KS 66606
County: Shawnee Directions Apple Maps Call (785) 235-6600

What to bring

Photo ID and your insurance, Medicare or Medicaid card
A list of your medicines, doses and allergies
Your doctor's name and phone number
A phone charger

Visiting hours and parking vary: call ahead.

Official links: Website for Kansas Rehabilitation Hospital (opens the hospital's site)

Nearest emergency rooms

0.1mi St Francis Hospital Wilmington, DE · Emergency room · median ER visit 3 hr 12 min Call St Francis Hospital Directions to St Francis Hospital (Google Maps) Details for St Francis Hospital
0.1mi St Francis Health Center Topeka, KS · Emergency room · median ER visit 3 hr 30 min Call St Francis Health Center Directions to St Francis Health Center (Google Maps) Details for St Francis Health Center
0.2mi Stormont-Vail Healthcare Topeka, KS · Emergency room · median ER visit 3 hr 41 min Call Stormont-Vail Healthcare Directions to Stormont-Vail Healthcare (Google Maps) Details for Stormont-Vail Healthcare

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Quick answers about Kansas Rehabilitation Hospital

What is the phone number for Kansas Rehabilitation Hospital?

The main phone number for Kansas Rehabilitation Hospital is (785) 235-6600, from Medicare's hospital records.

Call (785) 235-6600

What is the address of Kansas Rehabilitation Hospital?

Kansas Rehabilitation Hospital is at 1504 SW 8th Ave, Topeka, KS 66606.

Directions (opens Google Maps)

Quality and performance

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Type Rehabilitation

Ownership For-profit

CMS has not reported an emergency department wait time for Kansas Rehabilitation Hospital. That usually means too few cases to report, or no emergency department.

Source: CMS Hospital General Information and Timely & Effective Care. Wait times are a median over a past 12-month reporting period, not live data. Not affiliated with CMS or with Kansas Rehabilitation Hospital. For a medical emergency, call 911.

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Care after a stay at Kansas Rehabilitation Hospital

Medicare-certified providers near this hospital, with their CMS ratings. A hospital discharge planner can make the referral.

Skilled nursing facilities nearby

1.2mi Brighton Place West Topeka, KS · 50 beds Medicare overall 3 of 5 stars
1.8mi Lexington Park Nursing & Post Acute Center Topeka, KS · 90 beds Medicare overall 5 of 5 stars · Short-stay quality 4 of 5
2.2mi Brighton Place North Topeka, KS · 34 beds Medicare overall 4 of 5 stars

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Dialysis centers nearby See more

1.4mi DaVita Topeka DialysisTopeka, KS
2.0mi Dialysis Specialists of TopekaTopeka, KS
4.3mi FMC - Topeka EastTopeka, KS

Home health agencies nearby See more

1.4mi Midland Care Home HealthTopeka, KS · 82% would recommend
1.4mi Angels Care Home HealthTopeka, KS
2.0mi Interim Healthcare of TopekaTopeka, KS · 77% would recommend

Hospice care providers nearby See more

1.4mi Midland Care HospiceTopeka, KS · 91% would recommend
1.4mi GentivaTopeka, KS · 78% would recommend Not rated
2.0mi Interim Health Care of TopekaTopeka, KS · 88% would recommend

Source: CMS Care Compare. Distances are approximate.

Rehabilitation quality

CMS Inpatient rehabilitation Quality Reporting Program, data through December 2025

Kansas Rehabilitation Hospital reports inpatient rehabilitation quality results to Medicare. Returned home or to the community: 69% here, against 67% nationally. Where CMS compares facilities statistically, this one is no different from the national rate.

Results

Returned home or to the community Medicare patients who went home (or to another community setting) after rehab and stayed out of hospitals and nursing homes for at least 31 days. Risk-standardized; CMS compares it with the national rate. Based on 1,149 patients. Oct 2023 – Sep 2025.

69% U.S. 67% Same as national

Preventable readmissions after discharge Medicare patients readmitted to a hospital within 30 days of leaving, for problems that good care could have prevented (risk-standardized). Based on 1,131 patients. Oct 2023 – Sep 2025.

10% U.S. 9.4% Same as national

Preventable readmissions during the stay Medicare patients sent back to a hospital during their rehab stay for problems that good care could have prevented (risk-standardized). Based on 1,223 patients. Oct 2023 – Sep 2025.

4.3% U.S. 4.7% Same as national

Met their expected function at discharge Patients who were at or above the expected ability to care for themselves and move around when they left. Based on 740 patients. Jan 2025 – Dec 2025.

83% U.S. 69%

Met expected self-care at discharge Patients at or above the expected ability to care for themselves (eating, bathing, dressing) when they left. Based on 740 patients. Jan 2025 – Dec 2025.

72% U.S. 65%

Met expected mobility at discharge Patients at or above the expected ability to move around when they left. Based on 740 patients. Jan 2025 – Dec 2025.

72% U.S. 62%

Safety

Falls with major injury Patients who had one or more falls with a major injury during their stay. Based on 838 patients. Jan 2025 – Dec 2025.

0.4% U.S. 0.2%

New or worsened pressure ulcers Patients with pressure ulcers or injuries that were new or got worse during the stay (risk-adjusted). Based on 837 patients. Jan 2025 – Dec 2025.

0% U.S. 0.9%

Catheter urinary tract infections Standardized infection ratio: actual infections divided by the number predicted. Below 1 means fewer than predicted. Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

0.64 U.S. 1.00 Same as national

C. diff infections Standardized infection ratio for Clostridioides difficile infections. Below 1 means fewer than predicted. Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

0.55 U.S. 0.34 Same as national

Medications reviewed Patients whose medicines were reviewed, with follow-up when a problem was found. Based on 838 patients. Jan 2025 – Dec 2025.

100% U.S. 98%

Medication list sent to next provider Patients whose current medication list went to their next care provider. Based on 653 patients. Jan 2025 – Dec 2025.

100% U.S. 97%

Medication list given to patient Patients (or their family or caregiver) given a current medication list at discharge. Based on 184 patients. Jan 2025 – Dec 2025.

100% U.S. 99%

Staff flu vaccination Health care staff who got a flu shot for the season. Based on 338 patients. Oct 2024 – Mar 2025.

93% U.S. 77%

Cost

Medicare spending per patient Medicare spending for a rehab stay and the 30 days after, compared with the national median facility (1.00). Below 1 means less spending. Based on 1,019 patients. Oct 2022 – Sep 2024.

0.94 U.S. 1.00

Source: CMS Inpatient rehabilitation Quality Reporting Program (Provider Data Catalog). Better/worse labels appear only where CMS itself compared the facility with the national rate; other figures are shown next to the national figure for context.

Rehabilitation hospitals by state In Kansas

Find doctors in Topeka

Medicare-enrolled specialists with a practice in Topeka, with addresses, phone numbers and the hospitals they work with.

Family doctors 63 Internal medicine doctors 38 Cardiologists 26 Ophthalmologists 24 Gastroenterologists 19 All doctors in Topeka

Size and finances

Medicare cost report · fiscal year ending Dec 2024

Beds

Reported to Medicare, FY2024

Employees

119

Full-time equivalent

Discharges

1,122

Inpatient stays a year

Patient revenue

$21.5 million

Net of discounts

Operating margin

1.6%

On patient care

As reported by the hospital to CMS; not audited. Operating margin is income from patient care divided by net patient revenue and leaves out investment income and donations. Compare Kansas hospital finances.

Who owns Kansas Rehabilitation Hospital

Medicare enrollment and ownership records (PECOS)

Medicare lists the hospital's legal name as Kansas Rehabilitation Hospital Inc, a for-profit organization.

Encompass Health Corporation Operational or managerial control · 100% · since 2008

Continental Medical Systems LLC Owns 5% or more directly · 60% · since 1987

Stormont-vail Inc Owns 5% or more directly · 40% · since 1987 Non-profit

Encompass Health Corporation Owns 5% or more indirectly · 60% · since 1997

Vanguard Group Inc Owns 5% or more indirectly · 6.1% · since 2023 Investment firm

Blackrock Inc Owns 5% or more indirectly · 5.5% · since 2023 Investment firm

Organizations with 5% or more ownership (directly or through other companies), partnership interests or operational control, as the hospital reported them to Medicare. Records can lag behind recent sales. Individuals are not listed. Who owns America's hospitals.

The area around Kansas Rehabilitation Hospital

HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data

Primary care: Parts of Shawnee are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 10.

Nurse pay: registered nurses in Kansas earn a median $79,320 a year. Healthcare salaries in Kansas.

Shortage areas are designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration where there are too few primary care, mental health or dental providers for the population; scores run from 0 to 25 for primary and mental health care and 0 to 26 for dental care, higher meaning greater need. Kansas shortage areas

Closest other hospitals

0.1 mi St Francis Hospital Wilmington, DE 3 hr 12 min ER visit 0.1 mi St Francis Health Center Topeka, KS 3 hr 30 min ER visit 0.2 mi Stormont-Vail Healthcare Topeka, KS 3 hr 41 min ER visit 2.1 mi Kansas Neurological Institute Topeka, KS No ER listed 2.5 mi VA Eastern Kansas Health Care Topeka, KS No ER listed

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Kansas Rehabilitation Hospital, Topeka, KS