Living Center West

Nursing home in Cedar Rapids, IA

Medicare & Medicaid certified2★ overall (CMS)

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Public-record details

Address: 1050 4th Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403
Phone: (319) 366-8714
Listed under: Nonprofit
Medicare CCN: 165278
Overall star rating: 2 of 5 ★★☆☆☆
Health inspection rating: 2 of 5
Staffing rating: 1 of 5
Quality measures rating: 5 of 5
Certified beds: 94
Average residents per day: 73
Ownership: Nonprofit, corporation
Legal business name: Stl Care Company
Certified for: Medicare and Medicaid
First approved by Medicare/Medicaid: May 1, 1996
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

CMS certification number 165278. Source: CMS Nursing Home Provider Information, Health Deficiencies and Penalties (record). Data as of 2026-09-30.

Inspection record

Most recent standard health inspection: Aug 28, 2025. CMS lists 34 health citations for this facility across its last three standard inspection cycles and complaint inspections (Oct 12, 2023 to Jun 8, 2026): 20 from complaint inspections, 8 at the “actual harm” level or higher, including 3 at “immediate jeopardy”.

Inspection	Citation	Severity
Jun 8, 2026	Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. Quality of Life and Care · complaint inspection	G Actual harm, isolated
Aug 28, 2025	Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies. Resident Rights	D Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Aug 28, 2025	Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. Infection Control	D Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Jan 9, 2025	Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. Resident Rights · complaint inspection	D Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Jan 9, 2025	Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation · complaint inspection	D Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Sep 19, 2024	Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance… Resident Rights	D Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Sep 19, 2024	Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs. Resident Assessment and Care Planning	D Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Sep 19, 2024	Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. Quality of Life and Care	D Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Sep 19, 2024	Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. Quality of Life and Care	D Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Sep 19, 2024	Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities. Administration	E Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
Jul 29, 2024	Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. Resident Rights · complaint inspection	D Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Jul 29, 2024	Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. Resident Assessment and Care Planning · complaint inspection	D Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated

Showing the 12 most recent of 34. Full inspection reports are on Medicare Care Compare.

Severity letters follow CMS's scope-and-severity grid: A–C potential for minimal harm, D–F potential for more than minimal harm, G–I actual harm, J–L immediate jeopardy. Most citations are corrected; a citation is what inspectors found on that date. Source: CMS Health Deficiencies file, processed Aug 1, 2026.

Fines and payment denials

CMS records 2 fines totalling $72,070 and 1 denial of Medicare payment for new admissions in the last three years.

May 8, 2024	Fine: $54,081
May 8, 2024	Payment denial for 65 days from May 28, 2024
Jan 18, 2024	Fine: $17,989

Source: CMS Penalties file, processed Aug 1, 2026. Amounts are as CMS reports them and may reflect later reductions or appeals.

Staffing

Total nurse staffing per resident per day: 2.82 hours
Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day: 0.37 hours
Nurse aide time per resident per day: 1.84 hours
Total nurse staffing on weekends: 2.46 hours
Nursing staff turnover (yearly): 61%
RN turnover (yearly): 62%
Administrators who left in the past year: 0

From payroll-based staffing data the facility submits to CMS. Hours are per resident per day.

A citation is what inspectors found on one date; most are corrected within weeks. Look for patterns — the same problem cited in several inspections — and for anything at the G–L level (actual harm or immediate jeopardy). The full inspection narrative (Form CMS-2567) is linked from Medicare Care Compare, and your state long-term care ombudsman can tell you about complaints.

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