Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Good Samaritan Care Center
403 West Main, Cole Camp, MO 65325 · Map
Government - County · 72 certified beds
Good Samaritan Care Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Cole Camp, Missouri. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 5/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.81 hours per resident per day, above the Missouri average of 3.47. Its most recent inspection on Sep 6, 2024 cited 0 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Good Samaritan Care Center compares
This facility vs. the Missouri and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Missouri avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.81 | 3.47 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.52 | 0.46 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.70 | 2.32 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 22.9% | 57.0% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 0.0 | 12.0 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
What inspectors found at Good Samaritan Care Center
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Oct 19, 2023 - Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Oct 19, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Oct 19, 2023
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 403 West Main
Cole Camp, MO 65325 - CMS certification #
- 265770
- Ownership
- Government - County
- Certified beds
- 72
- Avg residents/day
- 51.7
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2003-12-01
- Setting
- Rural
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, works with hospice
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2016
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Good Samaritan Care Center says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Jan 10, 2016 to Jan 6, 2018. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $417 owed to 11 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Good Samaritan Care Center (Good Samaritan Nursing Home District). Case 1835685.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Bothwell Regional Health Center, Sedalia. 16.5 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Lincoln Community Care Center, Lincoln. 7.9 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Benton County Health Department Home Health Agency, Warsaw. 17.1 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Medical Center Pharmacy. 16.3 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 65325 as rural (rural area).
- Hospice
- 8 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 65325.
Benton County Hospice, office in Warsaw, 17.1 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Curana Health Of Missouri-Kansas LLC, Cole Camp. 0.0 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor 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 risk
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: relatively moderate. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire relatively low, tornado relatively high, 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.
What we checked
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 |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| 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 relatively 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 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Good Samaritan Care Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Good Samaritan Care Center an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 5/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Good Samaritan Care Center staffed?
Good Samaritan Care Center reports 3.81 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Missouri average of 3.47.
Has Good Samaritan Care Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 0 deficiencies.
How many beds does Good Samaritan Care Center have?
Good Samaritan Care Center is certified for 72 beds.