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Western Prairie Senior Living
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⌖ Ulysses, KS · Grant County
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Medicare overall rating 5 of 5 stars
Certified beds60
Medicare / MedicaidMedicare & Medicaid
OwnershipFor-profit (corporation)
About Western Prairie Senior Living
Western Prairie Senior Living is a 60-bed for-profit nursing home in Ulysses, KS. Medicare rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (much above average); the average in Kansas is 3.1. At its last full inspection (Dec 2025), inspectors found 11 problems, close to the Kansas average of 9.5. None of the problems in its recent inspections were found to have harmed residents. Nurses and aides spend about 4 hr 22 min a day with each resident, about the same as the Kansas average of 4 hr 04 min. About 36% of its nursing staff left in the past year. It has had no federal fines in the last three years.
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Key details
Facility nameWestern Prairie Senior Living LLC
LocationGrant County, Kansas
Phone(620) 356-3331
Address510 E San Jacinto Avenue, Ulysses, KS 67880 · Grant County
CMS provider number175559
Ownership typeFor-profit (corporation)
Operating companyMidwest Health · 11 homes
Official inspection reportsRead them on Medicare.gov ↗
Medicare enrolled sinceSeptember 1, 2017 (9 years)
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Quality & inspections
Explore this facility's official CMS inspection history, staffing levels and quality measures below — sourced directly from Medicare's public records.
Ratings and inspection data on this page come directly from CMS's public records and are never altered for any paid listing. Medicare data as of September 2026.
What Medicare found
3 strengths and 1 thing to ask about in Medicare's inspection, fine and staffing records for this home.
Strengths
- Serious health citationsNone on recordNo citations for actual harm or immediate jeopardy since Dec 2025.Strength
- Fines and penaltiesNoneNo federal fines or payment denials in the last three years.Strength
- Nursing staff turnover36% a yearKansas average: 48%Strength
About average
- Health citations at last inspection11 (Dec 2025)Kansas average: 9.5. Most citations are minor and corrected within weeks.About average
- Nurse staffing per resident4 hr 22 min a dayKansas average: 4 hr 04 minAbout average
Things to ask about
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- Registered nurse time per resident30 min a dayKansas average: 43 minWorse than state average
Source: Medicare (CMS) inspection, penalty and staffing records, compared with the Kansas average. Problems may have been corrected since; ask the home about anything listed here. How we choose these
Short-term rehab or long-term care?
Medicare rates these separately, and many homes are better at one than the other.
Long-term care
For residents who live at the home for months or years.
- Falls with a major injury3.1%State average: 4.3%Better than average
- Pressure sores (bedsores)3.9%State average: 4.4%About average
- Given antipsychotic drugs10.4%State average: 18.1%Better than average
Source: Medicare (CMS) quality measures, compared with the Kansas average. Lower is better for every rate shown.
Who pays, and how full it is
Many residents here pay privately or through insurance. In Kansas, Medicaid pays for 57% of resident days at a typical home.
- 0% Medicaid
- 0% Medicare
- 100% Private pay, insurance and other
Beds in use, on average60%Kansas typical: 84%
Cost of care per resident day$278Kansas typical: $318
Shares of resident days, from the home’s Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024. The cost per day is what care costs the home to provide, not the price you would pay; ask the home for its private-pay rate. A busy home may have fewer open beds, so ask about availability.
Ratings over time
Its overall Medicare rating is 5 stars now, up from 3 stars in April 2019. It has ranged from 1 to 5 stars and changed 12 times.
Overall rating5★
Health inspections3★
Staffing5★
Quality of care5★
Nurse hours per resident per day4.4
20192020202120222023202420252026
Show the values by year
| Month | Overall | Inspections | Staffing | Quality | Nurse hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2019 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4.1 |
| Jan 2020 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4.0 |
| Jan 2021 | 2 | 2 | – | 2 | 4.2 |
| Jan 2022 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4.1 |
| Jan 2023 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3.7 |
| Jan 2024 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3.9 |
| Feb 2025 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4.6 |
| Feb 2026 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | – |
| Sep 2026 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4.4 |
Source: Medicare (CMS) monthly Care Compare releases since 2019. Medicare has changed how some ratings are calculated over the years and paused most inspections in 2020, so some jumps reflect rule changes rather than changes at the home. Our methodology
See the full inspection reportEvery citation, fine, staffing figure and quality measure Medicare publishes for this home
From Medicare’s September 2026 data. Each inspection is dated below; staffing comes from payroll records for a recent quarter, and resident outcomes cover the latest period Medicare reports.
Inspection summary
How this facility compares to state and national averages on CMS-reported problems.
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Three-survey history
Citation counts across this facility's three most recent inspection cycles, so you can see whether problems are trending up, down, or holding steady.
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