Hutchinson Operator
2301 N Severance Street, Hutchinson KS 67502 · (620) 662-0597 · 92.66% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Hutchinson Operator is a small nursing home located in Hutchinson, Kansas. We awarded it an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the pack grade. This nursing home seems to have some things working in its favor. This nursing home did not fare well in all of our categories, but it didn't receive any rock-bottom grades either. Additional information about its category grades can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 45 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
The main reason this nursing home received a decent overall grade is its impeccable inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our better grades in that area, with a grade of A. This is a much better grade than the facility's overall score, which was decent but not in the elite range. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Places with higher grades in this area typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A couple minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.
Nurse Quality
We also awarded this facility a favorable grade in nursing. This facility earned a grade of B in this category, which is one of our better grades. Our nursing rating is largely based on a facility's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these metrics as reliable indicators of the caliber of nursing care being provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's third best category was long-term care. We awarded it a grade of C in this category. This is basically a middle of the pack score in this area. In the area of long-term care, we assess the quantity of care offered by a nursing home, rather than more sophisticated services. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 89.47368 percent of its patients. This is several points lower than what we were hoping for. Nevertheless, this facility keeps its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 1.32 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we rated was short-term care, which was a weak spot for this facility. We gave this nursing home a D for our short-term care category. In our short-term care assessment, we try to craft a valuable gauge for rehabilitation services. In this process, we assess the nursing home's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Considering its weak grade in this area, we were not stunned to discover that this nursing home provides far fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most nursing homes. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who ultimately were able to return home from this facility. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 43 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Hutchinson Operator Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing protocols can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric may be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. These drugs are sometimes used for treating several conditions, including dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term residents who were administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients showing signs of depression. Increased rates of depression could indicate lower quality care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percent of long-term residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percentage of long-term residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to the physical health of residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with activities of daily living often correlates with superior rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better