Hickory Creek Healthcare LLC

Primary specialty

Skilled Nursing FacilityTaxonomy code 314000000X

Legal business name

HICKORY CREEK HEALTHCARE LLC

Practice address

6500 Greeley Ave
Kansas City, KS 66104-2647

Phone

(913) 334-0200

Fax

(949) 540-3007

NPI assigned

Sep 17, 2025

Organization subpart

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Authorized official

Name

Soon Burnam

Title

Secretary

Phone

(949) 540-1249

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in KS

Enrollment records 1

Skilled nursing facility certification: CCN 175135

Legal name

HICKORY CREEK HEALTHCARE LLC

Doing business as

WILLOW POINT REHABILITATION AND NURSING CENTER

Certification status

Active

Provider type (POS)

Nursing home – SNF/NF dual certification

Participating since

Jul 25, 1984

Last certification

Oct 24, 2024

Beds

45

Ownership / control type

Corporation

Multi-facility organization

Medicalodges Inc

Most recent change of ownership

Dec 1, 2025

Organization structure

LLCProprietary

Enrollment address

6500 Greeley Ave
Kansas City, KS 66104-2647

Nursing home name

WILLOW POINT REHABILITATION AND NURSING CENTER

Affiliated entity

THE ENSIGN GROUP

Listed as

Willow Point Rehabilitation and Nursing CenterCCN 175135

Overall star rating

1 of 5

Health inspections

1 of 5

Staffing

3 of 5

Quality measures

2 of 5

Type

Medicare and Medicaid

Ownership

For profit - Corporation

Certified

Jul 25, 1984

Medicare certification status

ActiveFrom the Provider of Services file

Certified beds

5635.4 residents per day on average

Chain

The Ensign Group342 facilities in the chain

Penalties (3 years)

1Fines totaling $15,421

Ownership change

Changed ownership in the last 12 months

Processed by Care Compare on Aug 1, 2026.

Locations

All disclosed owners & managing parties 8

As disclosed on the Medicare enrollment (CMS All Owners files). Individuals include officers, directors and managing employees, who may not hold ownership.

Owners & managing parties with NPI records 1

Owners and managing parties disclosed on this facility’s Medicare enrollment that are themselves Medicare-enrolled.

• Karen L Epperson, M.D

  • General Practice Physician
  • Lees Summit, MO
  • NPI 1306849948

  Adp of the SNF, Operational/Managerial Control

  CMS ownership

Practitioners 1

Individual providers connected to this organization through Medicare benefit reassignment, Care Compare group membership or National Provider Directory roles.

• Karen L Epperson, M.D

  • General Practice Physician
  • Lees Summit, MO
  • NPI 1306849948
  NPD (past)

Affiliated clinicians 1

Clinicians who list this facility as an affiliation in Medicare Care Compare.

• Karen L Epperson, M.D

  • General Practice Physician
  • Lees Summit, MO
  • NPI 1306849948

  Nursing home

  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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    "enumeration_type": "NPI-2",
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    "number": "1982575304",
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            "country_name": "United States",
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            "address_1": "6500 GREELEY AVE",
            "city": "KANSAS CITY",
            "state": "KS",
            "postal_code": "661042647",
            "telephone_number": "913-334-0200",
            "fax_number": "949-540-3007"
        },
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        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
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        "organizational_subpart": "NO",
        "enumeration_date": "2025-09-17",
        "last_updated": "2025-09-17",
        "certification_date": "2025-09-17",
        "status": "A",
        "authorized_official_last_name": "BURNAM",
        "authorized_official_first_name": "SOON",
        "authorized_official_title_or_position": "SECRETARY",
        "authorized_official_telephone_number": "949-540-1249"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
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        }
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}

• Sherri Hewitt, LMSW
• Blake Christopher Heying, CRNA
• Kristi Lynn Heying, APRN
• Alexis Hickman
• Talia Elyse Hickman, CPTA
• Lawton Allen Hicks, CRNA
• Heidi Elizabeth Higginbotham, DNP, CRNA
• Colton Higuera, DO
• Peter G Hild, MD
• Megan Danielle Hiles, MD

• Skilled Nursing Facility in Kansas City, KS
• Providers in Kansas City, KS by specialty
• Skilled Nursing Facility in Kansas

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Sep 17, 2025; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; facility enrollments, owners and changes of ownership; Provider of Services certification data.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.