Wathena Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center
Nursing home in Wathena, Kansas, CMS certification number 175216
2112 Highway 36, Wathena, KS 66090 · Doniphan County
- CMS overall rating
- 3 of 5 stars
- Certified beds
- 60
- Certified for
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Last standard inspection
- September 25, 2024
- Deficiencies at that inspection
- 6
- Fines in 3 years
- No fines
Does Wathena Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center take Medicare and Medicaid?
Yes to both. Wathena Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center is certified for Medicare and Medicaid. Medicare can pay for a short skilled stay after a qualifying hospital stay; Medicaid can pay for long-term care once you qualify.
Certification isn't a promise of an open bed. Ask how many Medicaid beds it has free and whether it keeps residents who move from Medicare to Medicaid. Our guide explains what Medicare pays for.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every certified nursing home from 1 to 5 stars. The overall rating starts from health inspections, then moves up or down for staffing and quality. These come from the CMS Provider Information, October 2026 release.
| Measure | CMS stars |
|---|---|
| Overall | 3 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 3 of 5 |
| Staffing | 3 of 5 |
| Quality of resident care | 4 of 5 |
| Long-stay quality | 4 of 5 |
| Short-stay quality | 3 of 5 |
Nurse staffing hours and turnover
These are the hours Wathena Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center reported to CMS, split across residents and days. More hours per resident usually means more hands at the bedside.
- Total nurse hours per resident per day
- 3.57
- Registered nurse hours
- 0.53
- Licensed practical nurse hours
- 0.82
- Nurse aide hours
- 2.21
- Weekend total hours
- 3.25
- Nursing staff turnover
- 25.8%
- Registered nurse turnover
- 40%
- Administrators who left
- 0
Health inspections and complaints
Inspectors last made a standard visit on September 25, 2024 and cited 6 deficiencies, plus 0 from complaint visits.
The visit before, on April 26, 2023, found 13.
The last standard inspection was more than two years ago.
Read every citation on the CMS Care Compare page.
Fines and payment denials
CMS lists no fines for Wathena Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center in the past 3 years.
Beds and residents
On an average day 36.7 residents live here, about 61% of its 60 certified beds.
- Certified beds
- 60
- Average residents per day
- 36.7
- Certified since
- January 31, 1992
Who owns Wathena Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center
- Legal business name
- Recover-Care Wathena LLC
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain
- 27 homes nationally under Recover-Care Healthcare, 2.6-star chain average
Other nursing homes near Wathena Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center
- Atchison Senior Village Rehabilitation and Nursing1419 N 6th Street, Atchison 66002
- Medicalodges Atchison1637 Riley Street, Atchison 66002
- Dooley Center801 S 8th Street, Atchison 66002
- Maple Heights Nursing & Rehabilitative Center302 E Iowa Street, Hiawatha 66434
- Easton Health Care Center515 Dawson, Easton 66020
Who inspects nursing homes in Kansas
Kansas's state survey agency licenses nursing homes and carries out the federal inspections for CMS. A home must keep its state licence and meet the federal rules to take Medicare or Medicaid.
Compare all nursing homes in Kansas, or see how assisted living and nursing homes differ.
Is this your facility?
If you run Wathena Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, email contact@assistedlivingaccess.com from your work address. We can add your own rates, photos and contact details next to the state record, or take the listing down.
Questions about Wathena Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center
What is the CMS star rating of Wathena Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center?
3 out of 5 stars overall.
Does Wathena Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center accept Medicaid?
Yes, it is Medicaid certified.
What did inspectors find at Wathena Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center?
6 cited at the last standard visit.
Who owns Wathena Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center?
Recover-Care Wathena LLC, for profit - limited liability company.
From the federal record: CMS Care Compare and the CMS Provider Information dataset, October 2026 release.