CCN 175445 · Douglas County, Kansas
Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community
4851 Harvard Road, Lawrence, KS 66049
Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community is a 76-bed for-profit nursing home in Lawrence, Kansas, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 2001. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 59.4 residents a day, about 78% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $15.3 million originally, at 2.52%, with $9.5 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in September 2042.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 76
- Average residents per day
- 59.4 (78.2% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Partnership
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Pioneer Ridge Nursing Facility Operations, LLC
- Certified since
- Jul 12, 2001
- Chain or affiliated group
- Midwest Health (11 facilities, chain average 3.9 stars)
- Location
- Urban, part of a continuing care retirement community
Ratings and staffing
Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.
| Measure | This facility | Kansas median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 1 of 5 | State spread: 56 at 1, 51 at 2, 64 at 3, 49 at 4, 73 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 1 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 3 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 4 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 4.21 | 3.95 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.85 | 0.64 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.69 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 50.0% | 47.4% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 78.2% | 84.8% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 2 totaling $29,286 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 22 (Dec 3, 2025) | ||
HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part
HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community does not meet it today: overall rating 1, health inspection rating 1. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.
Who owns and operates it
These are the owners and operators the facility reported to CMS: anyone with a 5% or greater direct or indirect stake, and any organization with operational or managerial control.
| Name | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Klaton Enterprises, LLCOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | n/a | 06/26/2003 |
| Eaton, FloydIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | n/a | 06/26/2003 |
| Floyd C Eaton III Trust 2012Organization | Indirect Ownership Interest | 25% | 07/01/2016 |
| James Brett Klausman Trust 2012Organization | Indirect Ownership Interest | 25% | 07/01/2016 |
| Jamie N Eaton Trust 2012Organization | Indirect Ownership Interest | 25% | 07/01/2016 |
| Michael Graham Klausman Trust 2012Organization | Indirect Ownership Interest | 25% | 07/01/2016 |
| Midwest Health, Inc. 06122001Organization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2010 |
| Eaton, FloydIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/07/2024 |
| Klausman, JamesIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/07/2024 |
Changes of ownership
No change of ownership for this facility appears in the CMS change-of-ownership file, which starts in January 2016.
HUD Section 232 loans
HUD's Office of Healthcare Programs lists these FHA-insured loans for a project we matched to this facility by name, city and bed count. Status, rate and balance come from HUD's insured-mortgage files as of September 30, 2026. Check the FHA number against the loan documents before relying on the match.
| Endorsed | Program | Original amount | Status | FHA number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 2012 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Pioneer Ridge, 136 beds. Lender at endorsement: Lument Real Estate Capital, LLC | $15,260,800 | Active: 2.52%, $9,544,758 balanceMatures Sep 1, 2042. Servicer: Lument Real Estate Capital | 10222043 |
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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