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Medicalodges Columbus
101 Lee Avenue · Columbus, KS 66725 · 45 certified beds
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About Medicalodges Columbus
Medicalodges Columbus is a nursing home in Columbus, Kansas. Its capacity is 45 beds, below the Kansas median of 51 for nursing homes. It is run by a for-profit operator and is part of Medicalodges, INC. It is Medicare certified. Its public inspection record shows 21 citations, the most recent on March 18, 2026. CMS also lists 2 fines or payment denials against it. Nurse staffing averages 5.27 hours per resident per day. Its public records were last updated in October 2026.
Public record
CMS Care Compare, updated October 2026
Certification
Medicare-certified.
Ratings
Overall
4.0Staffing
5.0Quality measures
5.0CMS Care Compare, October 2026.
Inspection history (21)
Records from September 2021 to March 2026.
September 23, 2021
Tag F0679Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Severity E: pattern, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected October 20, 2021.
Penalties (2)
Total fines: $36,322
March 18, 2026 · Fine
CMS recorded a civil money penalty of $22,925 against this nursing home on March 18, 2026.
July 11, 2024 · Fine
CMS recorded a civil money penalty of $13,397 against this nursing home on July 11, 2024.
Staffing
5.27 nurse hours per resident per day in Q2 2026, up from 4.24 in Q4 2025.
From the payroll records nursing homes file with CMS.
Ownership
For profit
Part of Medicalodges, INC., a chain of 18 nursing homes.
Average CMS star ratings across the chain: 2.6 overall, 2.4 for health inspections, 3.5 for staffing, 3.3 for quality measures.
Typical cost
CareScout Cost of Care Survey, 2025
This provider's prices aren't public. Here is what the same care typically costs in Kansas.
What Medicaid pays nursing homes
This is what Kansas Medicaid pays a nursing home for each resident per day. It is not what a family pays privately, but it shows what the state treats as the cost of a day of care.
Median facility daily rate
$296.71per day
About $9,020 a month.
Median we calculated from the state's own facility rate file, SFY2025. Based on 298 facilities.
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