Independent Living and Assisted Living and Memory Care
Mission Ridge
4349 S Kansas Ave, Springfield, MO 65810 · Map
Licensed for 75 residents · VETERANS FOR SENIOR LIVING MANAGEMENT, LLC
Mission Ridge is a state-licensed independent living, assisted living, memory care community in Springfield, Missouri. It is licensed for 75 residents. Lilisity publishes no score or ranking for this community; the details below come from the state licensing record.
Prices
Starting prices the community publishes, with the date we checked each one and a link to where it is published. Care charges are usually added after an assessment.
| Care | Starting at | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| Assisted Living | $3,650 /mo | Oct 12, 2026 |
| Memory Care | $3,650 /mo | Oct 12, 2026 |
Area costs
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Mission Ridge says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Has a separate memory care unit, wing or neighborhood.
That’s why we’ve created Garden House, our dedicated memory care community with comfortable rooms, beautifully landscaped grounds, and an experienced team that’s available 24 hours a day.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Provides transportation.
Settle right into your spacious, pet-friendly studio, one, or, two bedroom apartment and start enjoying all the perks of being part of our Springfield senior living community, including our on-site concierge, scheduled transportation, and weekly housekeeping services.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Pets allowed.
Settle right into your spacious, pet-friendly studio, one, or, two bedroom apartment and start enjoying all the perks of being part of our Springfield senior living community, including our on-site concierge, scheduled transportation, and weekly housekeeping services.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Has a secured outdoor area.
Here, your loved one can enjoy everything from an enclosed outdoor courtyard to a calendar of activities that caters to their well-being.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Apartment types named: studio, two-bedroom.
studio, one, and two bedroom
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Lilisity’s independent report
What the public record shows
Gathered by Lilisity from state and federal sources. Communities can’t edit this part of the page.
State inspections
Last inspection: Dec 1, 2025. See the record
License
Active, 75 residents
Assisted Living Facility (evacuation assistance) 053332, current license dated Jan 17, 2026. Licensee VETERANS FOR SENIOR LIVING MANAGEMENT, LLC.
Nearest emergency room
2.1 miles
Cox Medical Centers, rated 3 of 5 stars by CMS.
Side by side with nearby communities
The 4 nearest communities that offer assisted living, by straight-line distance. Prices are starting prices each community publishes; we never show estimates.
| Community | Distance | Licensed capacity | Published starting price | License | Inspection citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Ridge this community | 75 | $3,650/mo | Active | 0 requirements not met in 3 years | |
| The Bungalows at Chesterfield Village | 0.9 mi | 92 | Not published | Active | 16 requirements not met in 3 years |
| Lakewood Assisted Living | 1.2 mi | 67 | $4,860/mo | Active | 2 requirements not met in 3 years |
| Spring Ridge Assisted Living | 1.9 mi | 44 | $4,590/mo | Active | 1 requirement not met in 3 years |
| Cedarhurst of Springfield | 2.0 mi | 66 | $1,000/mo | Active | 3 requirements not met in 3 years |
State inspection record0 requirements not met in 3 years
- Last inspection
- December 1, 2025
- Inspections in three years
- 6
- Complaint investigations in three years
- 1
- Requirements not met (all visits)
- 0
- No deficiencies cited at the last 6 visits (January 2024 to December 2025)
Visits (newest first)
- December 1, 2025: State Licensure, no requirements listed as not met · state results
- September 18, 2025: Complaint Investigation, State Licensure, no requirements listed as not met · state results
- December 4, 2024: State Licensure, no requirements listed as not met · state results
- September 11, 2024: State Licensure, no requirements listed as not met · state results
- February 6, 2024: State Licensure, no requirements listed as not met · state results
- January 17, 2024: State Licensure, no requirements listed as not met · state results
Search Show Me Long Term Care → (MISSION RIDGE, Assisted Living Facility Option 2)
What these terms mean
DHSS: the results page shows “the requirements the facility failed to meet, the corrected date, level of harm, and residents affected.” Facilities must keep the full statements of deficiencies and plans of correction on site for anyone to read.
Missouri law (RSMo 198.085) sorts every standard into three classes: “Class I standards are standards the violation of which would present either an imminent danger to the health, safety or welfare of any resident or a substantial probability that death or serious physical harm would result; Class II standards are standards which have a direct or immediate relationship to the health, safety or welfare of any resident, but which do not create imminent danger; Class III standards are standards which have an indirect or a potential impact on the health, safety or welfare of any resident.” The class shown is the one the rule carries; some rules carry two (for example II/III).
Show Me Long Term Care lists no license numbers; this record was matched to the community by name and address. This community is licensed for 75 residents; larger communities are inspected and cited more often, so read counts with size in mind. Source: Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Section for Long-Term Care Regulation, data as of October 15, 2026. Always visit in person and ask the community about anything listed here.
License and ownershipActive license, licensee VETERANS FOR SENIOR LIVING MANAGEMENT, LLC
- License type
- Assisted Living Facility (evacuation assistance)
- License number
- 053332
- License status
- Active
- Current license dated
- 2026-01-17
- Licensed capacity
- 75
- Licensee
- VETERANS FOR SENIOR LIVING MANAGEMENT, LLC
- County
- Greene County
- General Manager
- Fue Hang
Source: Missouri state licensing records (agency listing), retrieved 2026-09-09. Licensing status is a matter of public record; it is not a quality rating.
General Manager name from the operator's website, as of Oct 12, 2026.
Paying with Medicaid and other programsHow Medicaid pays for care in Missouri, and other programs
How Medicaid pays for care in Missouri
- MO HealthNet Personal Care Program (state plan personal care). MO HealthNet (Missouri Medicaid) can pay for personal care services for eligible residents of licensed residential care facilities and assisted living facilities, if DHSS finds they need a nursing-home level of care. (state page)
Ask the community whether it accepts Medicaid.
Location and nearby careNearest hospital 2.1 mi, nursing home 0.1 mi, pharmacy 0.5 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Cox Medical Centers, Springfield. 2.1 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- The Neighborhoods at Quail Creek, Springfield. 0.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Jennifer'S Home Health Agency Inc, Springfield. 1.7 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Pharmacy. 0.5 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 65810 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Ozarks Dialysis Services - Primrose, Springfield, 2.0 miles away, straight line
Ozarks Dialysis Services - South, Springfield, 2.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Fmc - Springfield Midwest, Springfield, 4.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 17 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 65810.
Hospice Compassus-Southwest Missouri, office in Springfield, 1.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Terrace Hospice, office in Springfield, 2.1 miles away, straight line
Coxhealth At Home, office in Springfield, 2.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Lester E Cox Medical Centers, Springfield. 3.8 miles away, straight line. 3 geriatric medicine doctors listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard riskFEMA overall risk very low; outside FEMA's high-risk flood areas
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: very low. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively low, wildfire very low, tornado relatively moderate, heat wave relatively high, earthquake relatively low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
Questions to ask on a tour10 questions picked for this community from its record
Picked for this community from its record. Ask them in person and write down the answers.
- The current license dates from 2026. Has the owner or operator changed recently?
- Your published starting price is a base rate. What would the total monthly cost be for my parent's needs?
- How much have prices gone up in each of the last three years?
- How many caregivers work in memory care during the day, the evening and overnight, and for how many residents?
- What dementia training does each caregiver get before working alone, and every year after?
- How do staff respond when a resident is agitated, frightened or tries to leave?
- How many caregivers are on duty during the day and at night?
- What happens if care needs increase? When would someone need to move?
- What fees are charged at move-in?
- How do you tell families about falls, illness or changes?
What we checked12 public sources we searched, with dates
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Section for Long-Term Care Regulation inspection records | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does Mission Ridge provide?
Mission Ridge is licensed by the state of Missouri for independent living, assisted living, memory care in Springfield, Missouri. Its licensed capacity is 75 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Mission Ridge?
No. We publish state licensing details for Mission Ridge but no score, rating, or ranking. Only communities on the Top Communities list or with a Senior Living Alliance Excellence Award, both based on phone-verified resident and family interviews, are ranked.
How much does Mission Ridge cost?
Assisted Living in Missouri typically starts at $4,100 to $5,100 a month. Based on 109 communities that publish prices. These are area figures, not this community's price. The starting prices it publishes are in the Prices section on this page.
How do I contact Mission Ridge?
Use Mission Ridge's website, merrillgardens.com/senior-living/mo/springfield/mission-ridge, or visit at 4349 S Kansas Ave, Springfield, MO 65810.
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