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Merriam Gardens Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center

A Medicare-certified nursing home in Merriam, KS, rated 2 of 5 stars by CMS.

9700 W 62nd St
Merriam, KS 66203

(913) 384-0800

Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company · part of Recover-Care Healthcare

What Medicare publishes

2 of 5

CMS overall rating

Kansas average 3.1 of 5 · U.S. average 3.0 of 5

Health inspection rating
2 of 5
Kansas average 2.9 of 5 · U.S. average 2.8 of 5
Staffing rating
2 of 5
Kansas average 3.5 of 5 · U.S. average 2.9 of 5
Quality measure rating
3 of 5
Kansas average 3.2 of 5 · U.S. average 3.6 of 5
Certified beds
120
Average residents per day
85.0
Kansas average 50.5 · U.S. average 86.0
Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day
3.01
Kansas average 4.07 · U.S. average 3.86
Hours of nursing care per resident per day, counting nurse aides, LPNs and RNs together.
RN staffing hours per resident per day
0.39
Kansas average 0.71 · U.S. average 0.69
Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day on the weekend
2.77
Kansas average 3.60 · U.S. average 3.42
Total nursing staff turnover
50%
Kansas average 48% · U.S. average 46%
The nursing home's annual turnover rate among nursing staff, including RNs, LPNs and nurse aides.
Registered nurse turnover
29%
Kansas average 42% · U.S. average 43%
Most recent standard health inspection
October 2, 2024
Health deficiencies, most recent inspection
22
Kansas average 9.5 · U.S. average 9.2
Number of fines
10
Kansas average 1.1 · U.S. average 0.9
How many fines this nursing home received; CMS's penalties data covers fines and payment denials from the last three years.
Total fines
$74,562
Kansas average $20,430 · U.S. average $30,972
The total amount of those fines in dollars, over the same three-year penalties window.
Payment denials
0
Total penalties
10
Changed ownership in the last 12 months
No

Source: CMS Care Compare, Nursing Home Provider Information, file dated September 30, 2026. Blank measures are ones CMS did not publish for this nursing home. State and U.S. averages are CMS's own, from the file State US Averages, dated September 30, 2026.

Where this data comes from

Ratings and quality measures on this page come from CMS Care Compare, Nursing Home Provider Information. They are Medicare's assessments, not ours. We report the federal figures as published, with the file's own date, and we do not compute a score of our own or rank one facility against another.

CMS suppresses some measures for small facilities, so a blank is missing data rather than a poor result. Ratings are refreshed each quarter from the source file. Confirm anything that matters directly with the facility before you act on it.

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