CCN 175459 · Seward County, Kansas
Wheatridge Park Care Center
1501 S Holly Dr, Liberal, KS 67901
Wheatridge Park Care Center is a 51-bed for-profit nursing home in Liberal, Kansas, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 2002. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 40.5 residents a day, about 79% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $2.6 million originally, at 4.28%, with $2.3 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in October 2053.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 51
- Average residents per day
- 40.5 (79.4% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Liberal SNF Op Co LLC
- Certified since
- Dec 4, 2002
- Chain or affiliated group
- Frontline Management (9 facilities, chain average 3.2 stars)
- Location
- Rural
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 | 2 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 4 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.74 | 3.95 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.84 | 0.64 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.30 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 52.3% | 47.4% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 79.4% | 84.8% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 2 totaling $158,640 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 24 (Sep 16, 2024) | ||
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). Wheatridge Park Care Center 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal SNF Holdco LLCOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 01/23/2015 |
| Bhcp Liberal Sponsor LLCOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 01/23/2015 |
| Davis Square Holdings LLCOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 12/19/2018 |
| Fmi-Liberal LLCOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 01/23/2015 |
| Newport Real Estate Capital LLCOrganization | Security Interest | n/a | 09/27/2018 |
| Frontier Management IncOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/01/2015 |
| Baker, AdamIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/16/2020 |
| Bryan, AmyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 06/12/2012 |
| Cruz, VictorIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/19/2022 |
| Lovato, JanineIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 06/24/1992 |
| McCue, TamaraIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2025 |
| Newton, MichelleIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/26/2017 |
| Ong, EdisonIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/04/2025 |
| Salas, CheriseIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/01/2015 |
In its Medicare enrollment record, the facility reported private equity ownership through Newport Real Estate Capital LLC. Those flags are self-reported to CMS and many PE and REIT ties go unflagged.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2018 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Wheatridge Park Care Center, 110 beds. Lender at endorsement: Housing & Healthcare Finc | $2,634,800 | Active: 4.28%, $2,328,396 balanceMatures Oct 1, 2053. Servicer: Newpoint Real Estate Capital | 10222088 |
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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