Medicalodges Paola
501 Assembly Lane, Paola, KS 66071 · Miami County · 70 certified beds · avg 68 residents/day · certified since Feb 1, 1997
Part of chain: MEDICALODGES, INC. (18 facilities, chain avg rating 2.7★)
What health inspectors found (on-site government inspections — the most independent evidence available)
Health inspection rating: ★★☆☆☆2/5 · CMS overall rating: 2/5
The health inspection star above is graded on a curve within each state — a set share of each state's facilities gets each star level — so a facility can have few citations and still rate 2–3 stars if others in its state did even better. The overall rating combines that inspection score with staffing and self-reported quality measures.
Most serious findings (actual harm or immediate jeopardy)
▲ Immediate jeopardy, one-off · Sep 4, 2024 · F-0600 · triggered by a complaint
The facility did not protect residents from abuse or neglect. This covers physical, mental, and sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect, by anyone — staff, other residents, or visitors.
Why it matters: Abuse and neglect cause direct physical and emotional harm and are among the most serious failures a nursing home can have.
Severity (J): Inspectors found a situation that put a resident's life or safety in immediate danger, affecting one or a few residents. The facility must fix it immediately — these citations often come with large fines.
Corrected: Sep 26, 2024 (Deficient, Provider has date of correction)
▲ Immediate jeopardy, one-off · Sep 4, 2024 · F-0609 · triggered by a complaint
The facility did not report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft to the proper authorities quickly enough, or did not report the results of its investigation.
Why it matters: When incidents aren't reported promptly, abusers may continue harming residents and outside authorities can't step in.
Severity (J): Inspectors found a situation that put a resident's life or safety in immediate danger, affecting one or a few residents. The facility must fix it immediately — these citations often come with large fines.
Corrected: Sep 26, 2024 (Deficient, Provider has date of correction)
▲ Immediate jeopardy, one-off · Sep 4, 2024 · F-0689 · triggered by a complaint
The facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls.
Why it matters: This is one of the most common citations and directly relates to falls and injuries, which can be devastating for older adults.
Severity (J): Inspectors found a situation that put a resident's life or safety in immediate danger, affecting one or a few residents. The facility must fix it immediately — these citations often come with large fines.
Corrected: Sep 26, 2024 (Deficient, Provider has date of correction)
▲ Immediate jeopardy, one-off · Nov 6, 2023 · F-0689 · triggered by a complaint
The facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls.
Why it matters: This is one of the most common citations and directly relates to falls and injuries, which can be devastating for older adults.
Severity (J): Inspectors found a situation that put a resident's life or safety in immediate danger, affecting one or a few residents. The facility must fix it immediately — these citations often come with large fines.
Corrected: Oct 23, 2023 (Past Non-Compliance)
▲ Immediate jeopardy, one-off · Sep 21, 2023 · F-0689 · triggered by a complaint
The facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls.
Why it matters: This is one of the most common citations and directly relates to falls and injuries, which can be devastating for older adults.
Severity (J): Inspectors found a situation that put a resident's life or safety in immediate danger, affecting one or a few residents. The facility must fix it immediately — these citations often come with large fines.
Corrected: Jul 31, 2023 (Past Non-Compliance)
All citations in the current public record (27)
CMS publishes roughly the last three inspection cycles plus recent complaint investigations. Older surveys drop out of the record as new ones are completed.
| Date | Severity | What the facility was cited for |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2025 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. · from a complaint |
| Jul 29, 2025 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not make sure its nurse aides had the skills needed to care for residents, including training in dementia care and abuse prevention. · from a complaint |
| Jul 29, 2025 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not provide a safe, clean, comfortable, and homelike environment, including safe support for residents' daily living needs. · from a complaint |
| Jul 29, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not keep residents' medications free from unnecessary drugs. Residents should only take medicines they truly need, at the right dose, for a clear reason. · from a complaint |
| Jul 29, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not have or follow an effective program to prevent and control infections — such as proper hand washing, cleaning, and isolation practices. This is the most commonly cited deficiency nationwide. · from a complaint |
| Jul 29, 2025 | C · Minimal risk, facility-wide | The facility did not post its nurse staffing information every day. Nursing homes must publicly display how many nurses and aides are on duty each day. · from a complaint |
| Sep 4, 2024 | ▲ J · Immediate jeopardy, one-off | The facility did not protect residents from abuse or neglect. This covers physical, mental, and sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect, by anyone — staff, other residents, or visitors. · from a complaint |
| Sep 4, 2024 | ▲ J · Immediate jeopardy, one-off | The facility did not report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft to the proper authorities quickly enough, or did not report the results of its investigation. · from a complaint |
| Sep 4, 2024 | ▲ J · Immediate jeopardy, one-off | The facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls. · from a complaint |
| Nov 6, 2023 | ▲ J · Immediate jeopardy, one-off | The facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls. · from a complaint |
| Nov 6, 2023 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. |
| Nov 6, 2023 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not provide a safe, clean, comfortable, and homelike environment, including safe support for residents' daily living needs. |
| Nov 6, 2023 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not keep its building and grounds safe, functional, clean, and comfortable for residents, staff, and visitors. |
| Nov 6, 2023 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not treat residents with dignity and respect, or did not honor their rights to make their own decisions and communicate freely. This is one of the most fundamental resident rights. |
| Nov 6, 2023 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not develop a resident's complete plan of care within 7 days of the full assessment, or the plan wasn't prepared, reviewed, and updated by a team of health professionals as required. |
| Nov 6, 2023 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide treatment and care that follows the doctor's orders and matches the resident's own preferences and goals. |
| Nov 6, 2023 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not have or follow an effective program to prevent and control infections — such as proper hand washing, cleaning, and isolation practices. This is the most commonly cited deficiency nationwide. |
| Sep 21, 2023 | ▲ J · Immediate jeopardy, one-off | The facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls. · from a complaint |
| Mar 7, 2022 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. |
| Mar 7, 2022 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not keep its building and grounds safe, functional, clean, and comfortable for residents, staff, and visitors. |
| Mar 7, 2022 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not provide a safe, clean, comfortable, and homelike environment, including safe support for residents' daily living needs. |
| Mar 7, 2022 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not develop a resident's complete plan of care within 7 days of the full assessment, or the plan wasn't prepared, reviewed, and updated by a team of health professionals as required. |
| Mar 7, 2022 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide the help residents need with basic daily activities — like bathing, dressing, eating, and using the bathroom — for residents who cannot do these things on their own. |
| Mar 7, 2022 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide enough food and fluids to keep residents healthy, such as preventing unplanned weight loss or dehydration. |
| Mar 7, 2022 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide safe and appropriate respiratory care — such as oxygen, breathing treatments, or care for residents on breathing equipment — for residents who needed it. |
| Mar 7, 2022 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not try to gradually reduce doses of mood- and mind-altering medications or use non-drug approaches first, as required, or used 'as needed' psychiatric drugs without proper limits. |
| Mar 7, 2022 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not label drugs according to professional standards or did not store them in locked compartments, with controlled drugs (medications with a high risk of misuse) kept under a separate lock. |
Inspection trend by year
Citations from standard inspections stayed about the same across the last two inspection cycles (8 → 6).
| Year | Citations | Serious (G–L) | Worst severity that year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9 | 0 | F |
| 2023 | 9 | 2 | J ▲ |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | J ▲ |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | F |
Counts reflect the current CMS public record (~3 inspection cycles plus complaint investigations); years with no surveys show no row. Inspection frequency varies, so compare severity as well as counts.
Fines and enforcement (last 3 years)
3 fines totaling $78,225.
| Date | Type | Amount / length |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2024 | Fine | $55,991 |
| Nov 6, 2023 | Fine | $14,041 |
| Sep 21, 2023 | Fine | $8,193 |
Nurse staffing (from payroll records, adjusted for how much care residents need)
| Measure | This facility | Kansas avg | U.S. avg | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day) | 2.95 | 4.58 | 3.95 | bottom 4% in Kansas; bottom 12% in the U.S. |
| Registered Nurse hours | 0.70 | 0.81 | 0.69 | bottom 48% in Kansas; top 36% in the U.S. |
| Weekend total nurse staffing | 2.61 | 4.05 | 3.50 | bottom 4% in Kansas; bottom 13% in the U.S. |
| Weekend RN hours (not acuity-adjusted) | 0.42 | 0.49 | 0.48 | bottom 47% in Kansas; top 44% in the U.S. |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 55.6 | 48.1 | 45.8 | bottom 27% in Kansas; bottom 24% in the U.S. |
| RN turnover (%) | 33.3 | 42.0 | 42.9 | top 34% in Kansas; top 33% in the U.S. |
Hours are per resident per day, case-mix adjusted by CMS so facilities caring for sicker residents can be compared fairly (same basis as the CMS staffing star). "Top X%" means better than most facilities: more staffing hours, or lower turnover. Raw (unadjusted) reported hours: total 1.90, RN 0.45, weekend 1.68. Staffing rating: 2/5.
Self-reported quality measures
Note: these ratings are based on data the facility reports about itself to CMS. They are not independently verified by inspectors, and can look better than inspection findings. Give more weight to the inspection results above.
Quality measures rating: 2/5 · long-stay residents: 2/5 · short-stay residents: —/5
Who owns this facility
For profit - Corporation
| Owner / manager | Type | Role | Stake | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medicalodges INC | Organization | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | — | 07/22/2009 |
| Cardenas, Staci | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 05/28/2013 |
| Coover, Teresa | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 07/07/2016 |
| Cox, Garen | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/26/1998 |
| Cox, Garen | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 05/21/1976 |
| Doll, Gayle | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/10/2005 |
| Hines, Scott | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/19/2009 |
| Hines, Scott | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/20/2009 |
| Jallow, Allie | Individual | W-2 Managing Employee | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/14/2019 |
| Lager, Shannon | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 06/15/2013 |
| Lantz, Kathleen | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 10/22/2007 |
| Marshall, Carol | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2016 |
| McBride, Travis | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 11/15/2012 |
| Ott, Ron | Individual | W-2 Managing Employee | NOT APPLICABLE | 10/21/1996 |
| Rohling McCord, Catherine | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 06/09/2000 |
| Smith, Pamela | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2016 |
| Waechter Harmon, Lori | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/25/2019 |
Questions to ask on your visit
Generated from this facility's actual citation record — bring them to a tour and ask the administrator directly.
- "Tell me about this abuse or neglect citation — what happened, and what specific changes did you make afterward?"
- "When abuse or theft is suspected, who do you notify, how fast, and how do you inform the family?"
- "What is your falls rate, and what specific steps do you take to prevent falls and supervise residents at risk?"
- "What did your most recent kitchen inspection find, and can I see how food is stored and prepared?"
- "What specific training do your nurse aides complete in dementia care and abuse prevention, and how often is it refreshed?"
- "Can we tour the resident rooms, bathrooms, and common areas today, including areas not on the usual tour route?"
- "How often is each resident's medication list reviewed, and who decides when a drug can be reduced or stopped?"
- "Who leads your infection prevention program, and how do you make sure staff follow practices like hand hygiene every day?"
- "What is your current ratio of nursing staff to residents on day, evening, and weekend shifts?"
- "Can I see the results and plan of correction from your most recent state inspection?"
Nearby facilities (within 20 miles)
| Facility | Distance | City | Overall | Inspection | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Point Skilled Nursing Center | 1.3 mi | Paola, KS | ★★★★★ | 5/5 | |
| Louisburg Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center | 10.1 mi | Louisburg, KS | ★★★☆☆ | 4/5 | |
| Spring Hill Care and Rehab | 12.5 mi | Spring Hill, KS | ★★☆☆☆ | 2/5 | abuse |
| Wellsville Manor | 15.9 mi | Wellsville, KS | ★★★☆☆ | 3/5 | |
| Meadowbrook Rehabilitation Hospital | 17.3 mi | Gardner, KS | ★☆☆☆☆ | 1/5 | |
| Hoeger House | 19.7 mi | Olathe, KS | ★★★★★ | 4/5 | |
| The Healthcare Resort of Olathe | 19.9 mi | Olathe, KS | ★★☆☆☆ | 1/5 | |
| Good Samaritan-Olathe | 20.0 mi | Olathe, KS | ★★★☆☆ | 2/5 |
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Facility data as of CMS processing date 2026-08-01. CCN 175413.