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Green Hills Health Care Center

2200 HAMILTON DRIVE, AMES, IA, 50014
(515) 296-5000
56 licensed beds
★★★★★5/5CMS Five-Star overall4/5 health inspections5/5 staffing2/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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Public record summary

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Bed capacity
56
CMS facility ID
165577
Care type
Nursing home
County
Story
Facility name
Green Hills Health Care Center
Street address
2200 HAMILTON DRIVE
City / state / ZIP
Ames, IA 50014
Phone
(515) 296-5000

About this facility — Green Hills Health Care Center

Green Hills Health Care Center is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Ames, Iowa. It is licensed for 56 beds — close to the median for skilled nursing facilities in Iowa (57 beds).

It is one of 13 senior care facilities in Ames 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 Green Hills Health Care Center 11 times across 7 inspections in the last three years, including 1 food-safety citation; 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

What the public record shows.

Ownership & operator

Parent company
Life Care Services
Ownership type
For profit - Corporation

Registered owners & officers

Green Hills Residents' Association
Direct owner — 100% stake — since 2009
Amin, Rupal
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2010
Bankers Trust Company
Mortgage holder — since 2021
Cory, Clarence
Director · Officer — since 2011
Ferguson, Rachel
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2025
Fleming, Jon
Director — since 2021
Gregoire, Mary
Director — since 2023
Life Care Services Llc
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 1988
Ludley, Shala
Director — since 2023
Mathews, Eleanor
Director · Officer — since 2021
Mathews, Joan
Director · Officer — since 2023
Mercier, Joyce
Director — since 2022
Sievers, Calista
Operational control — since 2023
White, Pamela
Director — since 2019
Worth, Loanne
Director · Officer — since 2022

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
2010-01-28
CMS overall rating
5 of 5 stars
Health deficiencies
0 at the last standard inspection
Federal fines
None on record
Last standard inspection
2026-01-22
Nurse staffing
4.5 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2024 cost report)

Average billed charges
$363 per day (≈ $11,040/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.
Payer mix (resident days)
0% Medicaid · 4% Medicare · 96% private/other
Occupancy
68% (fiscal year 2024)
Vs. state median
6% above the IA median of $342/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds
56
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

Federal surveyors inspect the kitchen at every standard visit. This facility has 1 food-safety citation on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.
2024-11-21Health inspectionComplaint-triggered7 citations
F-0550
E · No harm found
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Corrected 2024-12-05
F-0655
D · No harm found
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Corrected 2024-12-05
F-0656
D · No harm found
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Corrected 2024-12-05
F-0658
D · No harm found
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Corrected 2024-12-05
F-0684
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Corrected 2024-12-05
F-0812
E · No harm foundFood safety
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Corrected 2024-12-05
F-0842
D · No harm found
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Corrected 2024-12-05
2 earlier / fire-safety inspections (4 citations)
2026-01-22Fire-safety inspection1 citation
K-0918
F · No harm found
Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
Corrected 2026-01-22
2024-11-21Fire-safety inspection3 citations
K-0321
E · No harm found
Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.
Corrected 2024-12-02
K-0712
F · No harm found
Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.
Corrected 2024-12-02
K-0918
F · No harm found
Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
Corrected 2024-12-02
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 165577.

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Ownership & corporate history

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Prior operators & transfers
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Owners' other facilities
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Inspection citations — last 5 years

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Original records

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Source
CMS Nursing Home Compare
data.cms.gov Provider Data Catalog
Last verified 2026-08-31
Source
Secretary of State filings
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pacer.uscourts.gov
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