Nursing home
John Knox Village Care Center
600 Nw Pryor Road, Lees Summit, MO 64081 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · 324 certified beds
John Knox Village Care Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Lees Summit, Missouri. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.14 hours per resident per day, above the Missouri average of 3.47. Its most recent inspection on Jan 14, 2025 cited 5 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How John Knox Village 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) | 4.14 | 3.47 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.80 | 0.46 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.29 | 2.32 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 44.4% | 57.0% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 5.0 | 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 John Knox Village 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
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Apr 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jan 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jan 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jan 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- 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 · Jul 16, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · Jul 5, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jul 5, 2023 - Potential for harm
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.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jul 5, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jul 5, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 5, 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 · Jul 5, 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
- 600 Nw Pryor Road
Lees Summit, MO 64081 - CMS certification #
- 265095
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 324
- Avg residents/day
- 114.3
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1974-07-01
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around John Knox Village Care Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Programs Medicare-certified hospice at this address; Medicare-certified home health agency at this address
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What John Knox Village 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.
- Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
24-hour nursing care by professional skilled nursing staff
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Medicare agencies at this address
- Medicare-certified hospice at this address. Medicare-certified hospice HOSPICE BY JOHN KNOX VILLAGE (Medicare CCN 261589) lists this same street address. Ownership type: Other. Medicare certified since 03/22/2002. (CMS Hospice - General Information, as of Aug 19, 2026)
- Medicare-certified home health agency at this address. Medicare-certified home health agency HOME HEALTH BY JOHN KNOX VILLAGE (Medicare CCN 267056) lists this same street address. Ownership type: NON-PROFIT. Medicare certified since 12/01/1974. (CMS Home Health Care Agencies, as of May 27, 2026)
A shared street address is a fact about location. CMS does not say whether the agency is run by the community.
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.
DOL also concluded 1 case here with no violations found, most recently for a period ending Jul 27, 2013.
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
- University Health Lakewood Medical Center, Kansas City. 3.6 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Lee's Summit Place, Lees Summit. 1.0 mile away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Home Health By John Knox Village, Lees Summit. 0.0 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Hy-Vee Pharmacy. 1.2 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 64081 as metropolitan (metropolitan high commuting).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Dialysis Clinics, Inc - Lees Summit, Lees Summit, 0.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita Lee'S Summit Renal At Home, Lees Summit, 2.3 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Lee'S Summit Dialysis, Lees Summit, 4.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 40 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 64081.
Hospice By John Knox Village, office in Lees Summit, 0.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Acg Hospice, office in Lee'S Summit, 2.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Enhabit Hospice, office in Lees Summit, 2.8 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Ch Specialty Services Mo LLC, Lees Summit. 2.1 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: very low. By hazard: inland flooding very low, wildfire very low, tornado relatively moderate, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake very 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 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 | See above |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | See above |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is John Knox Village Care Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives John Knox Village Care Center an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is John Knox Village Care Center staffed?
John Knox Village Care Center reports 4.14 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Missouri average of 3.47.
Has John Knox Village Care Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 5 deficiencies.
How many beds does John Knox Village Care Center have?
John Knox Village Care Center is certified for 324 beds.