Saunders Medical Center in Wahoo, NE

Saunders Medical Center is a medicare and medicaid certified nursing home in Wahoo, Nebraska. It is located in Saunders county at 1760 County Rd J, Wahoo, Nebraska 68066. You can reach out to the office of Saunders Medical Center via phone at (402) 443-4685. This skilled nursing facility has 60 federally certified beds with average occupancy rate of 81.67%. Its legal business name is Saunders Medical Center and has the following ownership type - Government - County.

Saunders Medical Center (Medicare CCN 285296) is certified by CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and participates in both medicare and medicaid program. This means if you are part of medicare or medicaid program, you may consider this nursing facility for your medical needs. It was first certified by CMS in 2016 (8 years certified) and the last quality survey was conducted in June, 2021.

Contact Information

Saunders Medical Center
1760 County Rd J, Wahoo, Nebraska 68066
(402) 443-4685


Nursing Home Profile

NameSaunders Medical Center
Location1760 County Rd J, Wahoo, Nebraska
Certified ByMedicare and Medicaid
No. of Certified Beds60
Occupancy Rate81.67%
Medicare ID (CCN)285296
Legal Business NameSaunders Medical Center
Ownership TypeGovernment - County

NPI Associated with this Nursing Home:

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NPI Number1013364678
Organization NameSAUNDERS MEDICAL CENTER
Doing Business AsSAUNDERS MEDICAL CENTER LTC SKILLED
Address1760 County Road J, Wahoo, NE 68066
Phone Number402-443-4685

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Quality Ratings:

Nursing homes vary in the quality of care and services they provide to their residents. The below quality ratings for Saunders Medical Center are calculated from three sources - health inspection results, staffing data, and quality measure data. This information gives you an indication of the care Saunders Medical Center give to their patients.
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Brain's primary cortex generates efficiently compressed sensory information

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Advair reduces asthma-related hospitalization and emergency department visits

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Complaints, Fines and Penalties:

Number of Facility Reported Incidents0
Number of Substantiated Complaints0
Number of Fines0
Total Amount of Fines in Dollars$0
Number of Payment Denials1
Total Number of Penalties1

Patients' Stay Experience:

The resident survey data of Saunders Medical Center is compared against the national average with the color code indicators: Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Experience MeasureProviderNational Avg.
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased14.4614.46
Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight6.945.51
Percentage of low risk long-stay residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder48.4248.41
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder2.771.79
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection7.212.65
Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms5.455.05
Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained00.23
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury6.673.36
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine99.5293.87
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication8.2514.2
Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine97.383.88