Greater Southside Health and Rehabilitation
Nursing home in Des Moines, IA
Medicare & Medicaid certified1★ overall (CMS)SFF candidate (CMS)CMS abuse icon
Public-record details
- Address
- 5608 SW 9th Street, Des Moines, IA 50315
- Phone
- (515) 285-3070
- Listed under
- For-profit
- Medicare CCN
- 165175
- Overall star rating
- 1 of 5 ★☆☆☆☆
- Health inspection rating
- 1 of 5
- Staffing rating
- 1 of 5
- Quality measures rating
- 3 of 5
- Certified beds
- 80
- Average residents per day
- 69
- Ownership
- For-profit, limited Liability company
- Legal business name
- Terrace Hill Healthcare LLC
- Chain
- The Ensign Group (342 facilities)
- Certified for
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First approved by Medicare/Medicaid
- Nov 1, 1992
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Located inside a hospital
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident council
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes
Inspection record
Most recent standard health inspection: Jun 10, 2025. CMS lists 63 health citations for this facility across its last three standard inspection cycles and complaint inspections (Sep 7, 2023 to May 14, 2026): 48 from complaint inspections, 7 at the “actual harm” level or higher, including 5 at “immediate jeopardy”. CMS shows its abuse icon for this facility, which it uses for nursing homes cited for abuse at the harm level recently or at the potential-harm level in each of the last two years. CMS lists this facility as a candidate for its Special Focus Facility program.
| Inspection | Citation | Severity |
|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2026 | Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being. | F |
| May 14, 2026 | Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | K |
| Apr 9, 2026 | Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | D |
| Apr 9, 2026 | Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. | D |
| Apr 9, 2026 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | D |
| Apr 9, 2026 | Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. | D |
| Apr 9, 2026 | Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | D |
| Oct 27, 2025 | Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | D |
| Oct 27, 2025 | Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. | D |
| Oct 27, 2025 | Provide doctor's orders for the resident's immediate care at the time the resident was admitted. | D |
| Oct 27, 2025 | Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. | D |
| Oct 27, 2025 | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | G |
Fines and payment denials
CMS records 5 fines totalling $252,963 and 1 denial of Medicare payment for new admissions in the last three years.
| May 14, 2026 | Fine: $86,520 |
| Oct 2, 2024 | Fine: $85,810 |
| Aug 29, 2024 | Fine: $25,454 |
| Jul 12, 2024 | Fine: $26,374 |
| Apr 19, 2024 | Fine: $28,805 |
| Apr 19, 2024 | Payment denial for 17 days from May 28, 2024 |
Staffing
- Total nurse staffing per resident per day
- 3.44 hours
- Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day
- 0.30 hours
- Nurse aide time per resident per day
- 2.28 hours
- Total nurse staffing on weekends
- 2.68 hours
- Nursing staff turnover (yearly)
- 62%
- RN turnover (yearly)
- 73%
- Administrators who left in the past year
- 1