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Tallgrass Healthcare Campus

1417 W Ash St · Junction City, KS 66441 · 100 certified beds

(785) 762-2162

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About Tallgrass Healthcare Campus

Tallgrass Healthcare Campus is a nursing home in Junction City, Kansas. Its capacity is 100 beds, above the Kansas median of 51 for nursing homes. It is run by a for-profit operator and is part of Ajc Healthcare. It is Medicare certified. Its public inspection record shows 19 citations, the most recent on November 13, 2025. CMS also lists 1 fine or payment denial against it. Nurse staffing averages 4.16 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

2.0

Staffing

3.0

Quality measures

5.0

CMS Care Compare, October 2026.

Inspection history (19)

Records from May 2022 to November 2025.

  • November 13, 2025

    Tag F0600

    Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

    Severity K: pattern, immediate jeopardy. Corrected November 14, 2025.

  • August 6, 2025

    Tag F0757

    Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.

    Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected August 25, 2025.

  • August 6, 2025

    Tag F0692

    Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.

    Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected August 25, 2025.

  • August 6, 2025

    Tag F0761

    Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.

    Severity E: pattern, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected August 25, 2025.

  • August 6, 2025

    Tag F0628

    Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.

    Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected August 25, 2025.

  • August 6, 2025

    Tag F0849

    Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.

    Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected August 25, 2025.

  • August 6, 2025

    Tag F0756

    Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.

    Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected August 25, 2025.

  • August 6, 2025

    Tag F0657

    Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.

    Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected August 25, 2025.

  • August 6, 2025

    Tag F0880

    Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected August 25, 2025.

  • August 6, 2025

    Tag F0698

    Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.

    Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected August 25, 2025.

  • November 20, 2023

    Tag F0582

    Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.

    Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected November 29, 2023.

  • November 20, 2023

    Tag F0880

    Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Severity F: widespread, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected November 29, 2023.

  • November 20, 2023

    Tag F0790

    Provide routine and 24-hour emergency dental care for each resident.

    Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected November 29, 2023.

  • November 20, 2023

    Tag F0812

    Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

    Severity E: pattern, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected November 29, 2023.

  • May 4, 2022

    Tag F0757

    Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.

    Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected May 16, 2022.

  • May 4, 2022

    Tag F0677

    Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.

    Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected May 16, 2022.

  • May 4, 2022

    Tag F0759

    Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.

    Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected May 16, 2022.

  • May 4, 2022

    Tag F0761

    Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.

    Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected May 16, 2022.

  • May 4, 2022

    Tag F0812

    Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

    Severity F: widespread, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected May 16, 2022.

See the source data on data.cms.gov (opens in a new tab)

Penalties (1)

Total fines: $21,530

  • November 13, 2025 · Fine

    CMS recorded a civil money penalty of $21,530 against this nursing home on November 13, 2025.

See the source data on data.cms.gov (opens in a new tab)

Staffing

4.16 nurse hours per resident per day in Q2 2026, up from 3.63 in Q4 2025.

From the payroll records nursing homes file with CMS.

Ownership

For profit

Part of Ajc Healthcare, a chain of 16 nursing homes.

Average CMS star ratings across the chain: 2.4 overall, 2.0 for health inspections, 2.4 for staffing, 3.9 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.

Nursing Homes

Kansas median$8,669/mo

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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