Overview
Rock Creek of Ottawa has a Medicare overall rating of 2 out of 5, below the Kansas average of 3.1. It is the only Medicare-rated nursing home in Ottawa. Its strongest area is quality of care (4 of 5), and its weakest is health inspections (2 of 5).
Residents receive about 3.5 hours of nursing care per day, fewer than at 81% of nursing homes in Kansas (the state average is 4.1 hours). Of that, 0.5 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on January 30, 2025, found 16 health deficiencies, more than the Kansas average of 9.5. All of them came from complaint investigations. Medicare records 1 fine totaling $8,278 in the past three years.
Rock Creek of Ottawa is a for-profit facility with 75 certified beds, caring for about 74 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1995. It is part of a continuing care retirement community.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
Ranked by Medicare overall rating, then quality, inspection and staffing ratings.
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- January 30, 2025
- Health deficiencies cited
- 16
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 16
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 1 totaling $8,278
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 1
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff3.53 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.55 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.52 hrs
- Nurse aides2.47 hrs
- Physical therapists0.15 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 75
- Average residents per day
- 74
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- January 1, 1995
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- Yes
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes