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CMS overall rating
Northcrest Specialty Care
Nursing home
Medicare And Medicaid
Care Initiatives
- Location
- Waterloo, IA 50703
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- CMS ID (CCN)
- 165165
- Phone
- (319) 234-4423
2/5CMS overall rating
94certified beds
0.70 hrsRN time per resident / day
51.1%nursing staff turnover
13quality measures reported
CMS overall rating (1–5 stars) — 1 = lowest, 5 = highest.
What's behind this 2-star rating
CMS builds a nursing home's overall star from three components: the on-site health inspection is the foundation, then the staffing and quality-measure ratings can each move it up or down. Here's how Northcrest Specialty Care scored in each. More on the data →
★★★★★
Health inspection sub-rating
2of 5
★★★★★
Long-stay QM sub-rating
4of 5
★★★★★
Quality measures sub-rating
4of 5
★★★★★
Short-stay QM sub-rating
4of 5
★★★★★
Staffing sub-rating
3of 5
Outcomes
Reporting period: Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
| Measure | This nursing home | National | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long-stay: ED visits per 1000 resident days | 1.13 | — | |
| Long-stay: hospitalizations per 1000 resident days | 1.64 | — | |
| Short-stay: outpatient ED visit | 13.1% | — | |
| Short-stay: rehospitalized after NH admission | 13.7% | — |
Staffing
| Measure | This nursing home | National | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| RN hours per resident day (reported) | 0.70 hrs | — | |
| RN turnover | 76.2% | — | |
| Total nurse hours per resident day (reported) | 3.28 hrs | — | |
| Total nursing staff turnover | 51.1% | — |
CMS Care Compare measures (a Medicare population). Star ratings 1–5, higher is better; for other measures the direction of "better" follows CMS. How to read these →
This profile is part of the Quaility Index — a free, public record of US healthcare quality, built by the team behind the Quaility population health platform.
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