CCN 175559 · Grant County, Kansas
Western Prairie Senior Living LLC
510 E San Jacinto Avenue, Ulysses, KS 67880
Western Prairie Senior Living LLC is a 60-bed for-profit nursing home in Ulysses, Kansas, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 2017. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 30.9 residents a day, about 52% of its certified beds. We found no FHA-insured Section 232 loan for it in HUD's healthcare endorsement database (fiscal 2001 onward).
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 60
- Average residents per day
- 30.9 (51.5% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Western Prairie Nursing Facility Operations LLC
- Certified since
- Sep 1, 2017
- Chain or affiliated group
- Midwest Health (11 facilities, chain average 3.9 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 | 5 of 5 | State spread: 56 at 1, 51 at 2, 64 at 3, 49 at 4, 73 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 3 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 5 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 4.37 | 3.95 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.50 | 0.64 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.87 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 36.0% | 47.4% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 51.5% | 84.8% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 11 (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). Western Prairie Senior Living LLC meets that part today: 5 stars overall, 3 on health inspections, no abuse icon. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Prairie Nursing Facility Operations LLCOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 09/01/2017 |
| Floyd C Eaton III Trust 2012Organization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 09/01/2017 |
| James Brett Klausman Trust 2012Organization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 09/01/2017 |
| Jamie N Eaton Trust 2012Organization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 09/01/2017 |
| Klaton Ventures, LLCOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 09/01/2017 |
| Michael Graham Klausman Trust 2012Organization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 09/01/2017 |
| Midwest Health, Inc. 06122001Organization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/01/2017 |
| Western Prairie Nursing Facility Operations LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/27/2024 |
| Eaton, FloydIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/27/2024 |
| Klausman, JamesIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/27/2024 |
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
No FHA-insured loan matching this facility appears in HUD's database of healthcare endorsements, which covers fiscal 2001 onward (HUD data run of July 8, 2026). A loan could still exist under a different project name or from before 2001.
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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