Buffalo Prairie Center for Rehab and Healthcare

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631 West Main Street, Buffalo MO 65622 · (417) 345-5422 · 77.5% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata

Buffalo Prairie Center for Rehab and Healthcare is one of only two available facilities located in Buffalo, Missouri. Sporting an overall rating of B-, this is likely a solid nursing home. This facility seems to have a few things working in its favor. The best part of this place's profile was its exemplary inspection grade. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.

Additional Details:

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Accepts Medicaid 1 : 60 Beds TrueA checkmark indicating true.

CCRC : FalseUsed to indicate false.

For profit - Corporation

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Family Council: FalseUsed to indicate false.

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)

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Medical Staff
Therapy Staff

Facility Inspections

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This facility earned a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to emphasize its nearly flawless inspections in recent years. We gave them an A in this category. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This indicates that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies an immediate risk to resident safety or health. A few relatively minor dings are not necessarily something to panic about.

Nurse Quality

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One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing score. Nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this nursing home an B. Our nursing grade is based on a variety of factors. The most heavily weighted factor is the quantity of hours nurses spent with patients. This particular nursing home provided 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Short-term Care Quality

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Additionally, we gave this nursing home a B in our short-term care category. This happens to be one of our better grades. In our short-term care rating, we strive to forge a fair barometer for rehabilitation. In doing so, we analyze the facility's offerings of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. The last item we considered in this area is the percentage of residents that ultimately returned home from the nursing home. This place performed better than most nursing homes in this area with 50.4 percent of its patients returning home.

Long-term Care Quality

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The final category we scored is long-term care. We awarded this facility a grade of D in long-term care, rendering this the facility's worst category. Nursing homes that don't fare well in long-term care typically are not as well-staffed and are lagging in some of the areas of routine healthcare services we looked at. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination data. We were a bit worried that this nursing home vaccinated 59.863945 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is several points lower than what we expected. The last statistic we assessed was the facility's hospitalization rate. We found that this facility had 1.76 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This is a higher hospitalization rate than the average nursing home, but it's not as bad as we expected.

Overall Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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B-
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Inspection Rating

Buffalo Prairie Center for Rehab and Healthcare Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

This figure tells you the percent of long-term patients which are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a solid measure of a facility's nursing care quality.

Provider
C
10.45%
State
B
8.39%
National
B
7.32%

Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better

Minimizes Serious Falls

This is the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care . Major falls resulting in injury are often the result of lower quality nursing care.

Provider
A+
0%
State
B-
4.16%
National
B
3.36%

Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

This is the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with inadequate hygiene.

Provider
B
2.07%
State
B
3.59%
National
B
2.65%

Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to patients for many medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Provider
F
40.77%
State
B-
18.42%
National
B
14.18%

Percent of Patients
Lower is Better

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric indicates the percentage of long-term residents who are prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.

Provider
F
40.3%
State
B-
24.61%
National
B
19.68%

Percent of Patients
Lower is Better

Managing Depression Among Residents

This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Provider
D
15.38%
State
B
3.59%
National
B+
5.07%

Percent of Patients
Lower is Better

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Provider
F
77.07%
State
B-
89.7%
National
B
92.05%

Percent of Patients
Higher is Better

Residents Maintain Autonomy

This indicates the percent of residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could indicate deterioration of a patient's health.

Provider
B-
17.21%
State
B
14.44%
National
B
14.45%

Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Measures the percent of long-term care patients who retained mobility levels.

Provider
B
16.09%
State
B-
14.54%
National
B
17.08%

Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better

Hospitalizations

Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Provider
D
1.76
State
B-
2.01
National
B
1.70

Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.

Provider
B
16.09
State
B+
14.54
National
B
17.08

Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

This is the percent of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Provider
F
51.56%
State
B
69.72%
National
B
68.03%

Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better

Nearby Dialysis

Fmc - Bolivar 18.56 mi
Dialysis Stations: 12
2101 W Broadway Bolivar Missouri 65613
(417) 326-3112

Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=265471
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