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Good Samaritan - Saint Ansgar

701 EAST FOURTH STREET, SAINT ANSGAR, IA, 50472

(641) 713-4912

good-sam.com

42 licensed beds

★★★★★5/5CMS Five-Star overall4/5 health inspections4/5 staffing5/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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701 East Fourth Street

Saint Ansgar, IA 50472

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Bed capacity

CMS facility ID

165210

Care type

Nursing home

County

Mitchell

Facility name

Good Samaritan - Saint Ansgar

Street address

701 EAST FOURTH STREET

City / state / ZIP

Saint Ansgar, IA 50472

Phone

(641) 713-4912

Website

good-sam.com

About this facility — Good Samaritan - Saint Ansgar

Good Samaritan - Saint Ansgar is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Saint Ansgar, Iowa. It is licensed for 42 beds — below the median for skilled nursing facilities in Iowa (57 beds).

It is one of 1 senior care facility in Saint Ansgar and 389 skilled nursing facilities across Iowa. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

Federal inspectors have cited Good Samaritan - Saint Ansgar 12 times across 6 inspections in the last three years; no federal fines are on record. Every citation is listed, dated, and graded in the inspection record below.

This listing draws on federal CMS Nursing Home Compare records, and was last updated on August 31, 2026. Background reports are compiled from primary sources — state inspection files, federal CMS data, corporate registrations, and court records — at the time of order.

Facility background

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Ownership & operator

Parent company

Good Samaritan Society

Ownership type

For profit - Corporation

Registered owners & officers

The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society

Indirect owner — 100% stake — since 2019

Brown, George

Director — since 2025

Bundy, Kelsey

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2021

Dykhouse, Dana

Director — since 2024

Engbrecht, Wesley

Director — since 2024

Fluit, Joel

Officer — since 2022

Gassen, William

Director · Officer — since 2024

Gulsvig, Neil

Director — since 2024

Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie

Director — since 2024

Lundeen, Mark

Director — since 2024

Mccausland, Maureen

Director — since 2025

Middleton, Aimee

Officer — since 2022

Molbert, Lauris

Director — since 2024

Morrison, Tony

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2019

North, Andrew

Director — since 2024

Olson, Nicholas

Officer — since 2024

Ross, Kelly

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2017

Sanford

Direct owner — since 2019

Schema, Nathan

Officer — since 2019

Schieffer, Kevin

Director — since 2025

Shulkin, David

Director — since 2024

Teiken, Brent

Director — since 2024

Ventling-herrmann, Marnie

Director — since 2024

Wenzel, Thomas

Director — since 2025

Regulatory standing

Federal court records

20 naming its parent company — view the cases (a listed case is not a finding of wrongdoing)

Licensed / certified since

1994-04-01

CMS overall rating

5 of 5 stars

Health deficiencies

2 at the last standard inspection

Federal fines

None on record

Last standard inspection

2026-06-18

Nurse staffing

2.9 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)

Average billed charges

$294 per day (≈ $8,940/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.

Payer mix (resident days)

18% Medicaid · 3% Medicare · 79% private/other

Occupancy

91% (fiscal year 2023)

Vs. state median

14% below the IA median of $342/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds

Medicare

Accepted

Medicaid

Accepted

Compiled from CMS Nursing Home Compare; owners/officers from the CMS Ownership dataset; cost & occupancy from the facility's own CMS cost report · last verified 2026-08-31. Facilities can submit a correction.

Inspection record

Every citation, dated and graded.

Kitchen & food safety

CleanNo food-safety or dietary citations in the last three years of federal inspections.

2026-06-18Health inspection2 citations

F-0727

F · No harm found

Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.

Corrected 2026-07-15

F-0880

D · No harm found

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Corrected 2026-07-15

3 earlier / fire-safety inspections (10 citations)

2026-06-18Fire-safety inspection3 citations

K-0345

F · No harm found

Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.

Corrected 2026-06-17

K-0761

F · No harm found

To conduct inspection, testing and maintenance of fire doors by qualified individuals.

Corrected 2026-06-17

K-0923

E · No harm found

Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas.

Corrected 2026-06-17

2025-04-24Fire-safety inspection4 citations

K-0511

D · No harm found

Have properly installed electrical wiring and gas equipment.

Corrected 2025-04-28

K-0753

D · No harm found

Have restrictions on the use of highly flammable decorations.

Corrected 2025-04-28

K-0761

F · No harm found

To conduct inspection, testing and maintenance of fire doors by qualified individuals.

Corrected 2025-04-24

K-0918

F · No harm found

Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.

Corrected 2025-04-22

2024-07-21Fire-safety inspection3 citations

K-0223

D · No harm found

Provide exit doors that are held open by devices that will automatically close on the activation of a fire alarm or smoke detector.

Corrected 2024-08-02

K-0363

D · No harm found

Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.

Corrected 2024-07-30

K-0918

F · No harm found

Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.

Corrected 2024-08-07

Citations and penalties from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (three-year survey window, refreshed monthly). Severity codes follow the federal scope/severity grid; “Immediate jeopardy” is the most serious grade CMS issues. CCN 165210.

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CMS Nursing Home Compare

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Last verified 2026-08-31

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