Onaga Operator, LLC
500 Western Street, Onaga, KS 665217858894227Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability companyCertified beds: 45Avg. daily residents: 28Chain: Mission Health Communities (30 facilities)County: Pottawatomie
The complete public record on Onaga Operator, LLC, a Medicare & Medicaid–certified nursing home in Onaga, Kansas, from the CMS Care Compare database (August 2026 release). Every figure below is published by federal regulators; ClearPath adds the state comparisons and the plain-English reading.
CMS Star Ratings
Overall rating
★★★★☆
CMS’s composite of the three ratings below. Kansas average: 3.1 stars.
Health inspection
★★★★☆
Based on the last three years of on-site inspections and complaint investigations — the rating CMS weights most heavily.
Staffing
★★★★☆
Nurse and aide hours per resident per day, adjusted for how much care residents need, plus staff turnover.
Quality measures
★★★★☆
Clinical outcomes CMS tracks, such as falls with injury, pressure ulcers and hospital readmissions.
Onaga Operator, LLC holds a 4-star overall rating, in the top tier CMS assigns. Federal regulators have fined this facility $42,578 in the last three years. None of this tells you whether a bed is open, whether your insurance is in network, or whether the facility will accept a given level of care — confirm those three directly with the facility before you commit.
Rating trajectory: overall rating improved from 2 stars (July 2026) to 4 stars (August 2026) across 2 monthly CMS releases tracked by ClearPath.
Staffing
3.90 total nurse staff hours per resident per day
about the state average (4.06)
0.47 RN hours per resident per day
below the state average (0.71)
3.33 weekend nurse staff hours per resident per day
33.3% total nursing staff turnover
below the state average (48.1)
Not reported RN turnover
0 administrators left in the reporting period
Hours are per resident per day, from payroll-based journal data facilities submit to CMS. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over the past year.
Inspections & Penalties
April 30, 2026 most recent standard health inspection
3 health deficiencies cited in the most recent inspection cycle
below the state average (9.5)
11 health deficiencies in the two prior cycles combined
$42,578 in federal fines across 3 penalties (last 3 years)
above the state average ($20,465)
0 payment denials
CMS withholding Medicare/Medicaid payment for new admissions until problems were fixed
Recent Inspection Citations
18 citations on record across recent inspections, 4 at the actual-harm or immediate-jeopardy level. Showing the most recent inspection. Severity uses CMS’s A–L scope-and-severity scale; G and above means residents were actually harmed.
| Inspection | Tag | What was cited | Severity |
|---|
| April 30, 2026 | 0880 | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | E · Potential for more than minimal harm |
| April 30, 2026 | 0801 | Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service,… | C · Minimal harm potential |
| April 30, 2026 | 0851 | Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable… | C · Minimal harm potential |
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