Assisted living

HILLTOP AT BLUE RIVER, THE

0.00 reviews · 0 verifiedKANSAS CITY, MOLic. 265597

Signals

FINECMS fine: $34,704Source: CMS Penalties

VBPLower SNF VBP program ranking (#11,403)Source: CMS SNF VBP (PDC)

VBP-THigh nursing staff turnover in VBP period (61%)Source: CMS SNF VBP (PDC)

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About

Hilltop at Blue River is dedicated to providing quality care and support for individuals in need of rehabilitation and long-term care. With a focus on personalized attention, the facility offers skilled nursing services, 24-hour nursing care, and a range of rehabilitation therapies. Residents benefit from spacious private rooms, nutritious meals tailored to dietary needs, and a variety of stimulating activities designed to enhance their quality of life. The facility also provides palliative and supportive care services to ensure a comprehensive continuum of care.

Amenities

TherapiesOn-Site Rehabilitation Services

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Medicare overall

1/5Medicare.gov Care Compare stars are shown for context only. They are never part of the Unbeatable composite score.

Staffing (PBJ)

2.28 total HPRDRN 0.26 · weekend 89%Oct 2025 – Dec 2025

Survey history

11 inspections84 deficiencies on record

Federal IDs

CCN 265597

Overall: 1/5 · Health: 2/5 · Staffing: 1/5 · QM: 4/5

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Recent inspections

Health surveyJan 2026 · CMS1 deficiencies

F-550SS D — Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.

Health surveyDec 2025 · CMS1 deficiencies

F-551SS D — Give the resident's representative the ability to exercise the resident's rights.

Health surveyMar 2025 · CMS11 deficiencies

F-623SS D — Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
F-625SS D — Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
F-679SS D — Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
F-689SS D — Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
F-692SS D — Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
F-695SS D — Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
F-725SS E — Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
F-790SS D — Provide routine and 24-hour emergency dental care for each resident.
F-804SS E — Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
F-812SS E — Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
F-880SS D — Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Fire safetyMar 2025 · STATE FIRE MARSHAL13 deficiencies

K-161SS F — Use approved construction type or materials.
K-211SS E — Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency.
K-321SS E — Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.
K-341SS E — Install a fire alarm system that can be heard throughout the facility.
K-351SS E — Install an approved automatic sprinkler system.
K-352SS E — Properly install and monitor supervisory attachments on automatic sprinkler systems.
K-353SS F — Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
K-372SS F — Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.
K-712SS F — Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.
K-741SS E — Have posted "No-smoking" signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or ashtrays provided where smoking was allowed.
K-912SS F — Have power receptacles that are properly grounded.
K-914SS F — Ensure receptacles at patient bed locations and where general anesthesia is administered, are tested after initial installation, replacement or servicing.
K-920SS F — Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.

Health surveyJan 2025 · CMS1 deficiencies

F-554SS D — Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.

Health surveyNov 2024 · CMS1 deficiencies

F-689SS D — Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

Health surveySep 2023 · CMS1 deficiencies

F-755SS D — Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.

Health surveyJul 2023 · CMS28 deficiencies

F-550SS E — Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
F-553SS D — Allow resident to participate in the development and implementation of his or her person-centered plan of care.
F-578SS E — Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
F-580SS D — Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
F-607SS E — Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
F-623SS D — Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
F-625SS D — Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
F-656SS D — Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
F-679SS E — Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
F-688SS D — Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
F-689SS G — Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
F-692SS G — Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
F-698SS D — Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
F-740SS D — Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
F-744SS D — Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with dementia.
F-745SS D — Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.
F-756SS E — Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
F-758SS D — Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
F-759SS D — Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
F-800SS F — Provide each resident with a nourishing, palatable, well-balanced diet that meets his or her daily nutritional and special dietary needs.

Fire safetyJul 2023 · STATE FIRE MARSHAL21 deficiencies

E-1SS F — Establish an Emergency Preparedness Program (EP).
K-211SS E — Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency.
K-222SS E — Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements.
K-281SS F — Install proper backup exit lighting.
K-291SS E — Install emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours.
K-321SS E — Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.
K-324SS F — Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
K-331SS E — Construct fire resistant interior walls.
K-345SS F — Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
K-353SS F — Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
K-355SS E — Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes.
K-363SS E — Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
K-712SS F — Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.
K-761SS F — To conduct inspection, testing and maintenance of fire doors by qualified individuals.
K-771SS F — Ensure that smoke control systems are tested and documented in accordance with established engineering principles.
K-901SS F — Ensure that building systems meet requirements determined by risk assessment procedures performed by qualified personnel.
K-914SS F — Ensure receptacles at patient bed locations and where general anesthesia is administered, are tested after initial installation, replacement or servicing.
K-918SS F — Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
K-919SS F — Meet requirements for the use of electrical equipment.
K-920SS E — Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.

Health surveyMar 2021 · CMS3 deficiencies

F-578SS D — Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
F-679SS E — Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
F-761SS E — Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.

Fire safetyMar 2021 · STATE FIRE MARSHAL3 deficiencies

K-281SS F — Install proper backup exit lighting.
K-345SS F — Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
K-712SS F — Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.

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Ownership

Operated by OPCO SKILLED MANAGEMENT (privately held) since 1994.

Dec 2022
operator transition — CALIBER ADVISORS LLC
INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST (NOT APPLICABLE) — CALIBER ADVISORS LLC
Dec 2022
operator transition — CRESTVIEW TRUST
INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST (NOT APPLICABLE) — CRESTVIEW TRUST
Dec 2022
operator transition — EL DORADO NURSING AND REHABILITATION LLC
DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST (NOT APPLICABLE) — EL DORADO NURSING AND REHABILITATION LLC
Dec 2022
operator transition — FIRST SWEETZER HOLDINGS LLC
INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST (NOT APPLICABLE) — FIRST SWEETZER HOLDINGS LLC
Dec 2022
operator transition — SASEM INVESTMENTS LLC
INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST (NOT APPLICABLE) — SASEM INVESTMENTS LLC
Dec 2022
operator transition — HATTERAS INVESTMENTS LLC
INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST (NOT APPLICABLE) — HATTERAS INVESTMENTS LLC
Dec 2022
operator transition — RIMPAU HOLDINGS TRUST
INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST (NOT APPLICABLE) — RIMPAU HOLDINGS TRUST

Contact

10425 CHESTNUT DR
KANSAS CITY, MO 64137

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8167634444 hilltopblueriver.com

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