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Lantern Park Specialty Care

2200 OAKDALE ROAD, CORALVILLE, IA, 52241
(319) 351-8440
90 licensed beds
★★★★★2/5CMS Five-Star overall2/5 health inspections3/5 staffing2/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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Bed capacity
90
CMS facility ID
165214
Care type
Nursing home
County
Johnson
Facility name
Lantern Park Specialty Care
Street address
2200 OAKDALE ROAD
City / state / ZIP
Coralville, IA 52241
Phone
(319) 351-8440

Lantern Park Specialty Care is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Coralville, Iowa. It is licensed for 90 beds — well above the median for skilled nursing facilities in Iowa (57 beds).

It is one of 8 senior care facilities in Coralville 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 Lantern Park Specialty Care 59 times across 13 inspections in the last three years, including 2 food-safety citations, and CMS has imposed $62,595 in fines. 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.

What the public record shows.

Ownership & operator

Parent company
Care Initiatives
Ownership type
Non profit - Corporation

Registered owners & officers

Care Initiatives
Direct owner — 100% stake — since 2014
Baedke, Charissa
Operational control — since 2024
Beal, Michael
Director · Officer — since 2020
Bowen, Lane
Director — since 2021
Carothers, Mary Jane
Director — since 2023
Childs, Kevin
Director — since 2023
Computershare Corporate Trust Company, Na
Mortgage holder · Additional disclosable party — since 2025
Corless, Peter
Director — since 2025
Dixon, David
Officer — since 2016
Drake, Emily
Officer — since 2023
Eberly, Scott
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2024
Gilyard, Tanya
Officer — since 2025
Krein, Keith
Director — since 2022
Kuhn, Jeramy
Officer — since 2008
Mccomas, Emily
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2023
Mcdyer, Jessica
Officer — since 2023
Rust, Elizabeth
Director — since 2023
Sturm, Denise
Director — since 2021
Upmeyer, Linda
Director — since 2022
Volm, Johanna
Officer — since 2021

Regulatory standing

Federal court records
18 naming its parent company — view the cases (a listed case is not a finding of wrongdoing)
Licensed / certified since
1994-05-15
CMS overall rating
2 of 5 stars
Health deficiencies
7 at the last standard inspection
Federal fines
$62,595 total
Last standard inspection
2025-07-31
Nurse staffing
3.5 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)

Average billed charges
$529 per day (≈ $16,080/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.
Payer mix (resident days)
53% Medicaid · 9% Medicare · 38% private/other
Occupancy
87% (fiscal year 2023)
Vs. state median
55% above the IA median of $342/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds
90
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.
Every citation, dated and graded.

Kitchen & food safety

Federal surveyors inspect the kitchen at every standard visit. This facility has 2 food-safety citations on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.
2025-07-31Health inspectionComplaint-triggered7 citations
F-0552
D · No harm found
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Corrected 2025-08-20
F-0637
D · No harm found
Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition
Corrected 2025-08-20
F-0638
D · No harm found
Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.
Corrected 2025-08-20
F-0677
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Corrected 2025-08-20
F-0695
D · No harm found
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Corrected 2025-08-20
F-0699
D · No harm found
Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
Corrected 2025-08-20
F-0725
D · No harm found
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Corrected 2025-08-20
2024-10-17Health inspectionComplaint-triggered3 citations
F-0610
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Corrected 2024-10-31
F-0658
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Corrected 2024-10-31
F-0760
E · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Corrected 2024-10-31
9 earlier / fire-safety inspections (49 citations)
2024-09-26Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0677
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Corrected 2024-10-15
2024-09-17Health inspectionComplaint-triggered3 citations
F-0656
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Corrected 2024-10-15
F-0676
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
Corrected 2024-10-15
F-0689
G · Actual harmFrom a complaint
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Corrected 2024-10-02
2024-08-01Health inspectionComplaint-triggered4 citations
F-0550
E · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Corrected 2024-08-30
F-0552
D · No harm found
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Corrected 2024-08-30
F-0644
B · No harm found
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
Corrected 2024-08-30
F-0851
D · No harm found
Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data.
Corrected 2024-08-30
2024-05-09Health inspectionComplaint-triggered2 citations
F-0684
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Corrected 2024-05-23
F-0689
G · Actual harmFrom a complaint
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Corrected 2024-05-23
2024-03-25Health inspectionComplaint-triggered7 citations
F-0609
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Corrected 2024-04-01
F-0610
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Corrected 2024-04-01
F-0677
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Corrected 2024-04-01
F-0686
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Corrected 2024-04-01
F-0690
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Corrected 2024-04-01
F-0755
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Corrected 2024-04-01
F-0812
E · No harm foundFood safetyFrom a complaint
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Corrected 2024-04-01
2023-05-18Health inspection20 citations
F-0578
D · No harm found
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 directive.
Corrected 2023-06-22
F-0583
E · No harm found
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Corrected 2023-06-22
F-0623
D · No harm found
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Corrected 2023-06-22
F-0676
D · No harm found
Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
Corrected 2023-06-22
F-0679
D · No harm found
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Corrected 2023-06-22
F-0686
J · Immediate jeopardy
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Corrected 2023-06-22
F-0689
D · No harm found
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Corrected 2023-06-22
F-0726
G · Actual harm
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.
Corrected 2023-06-22
F-0730
D · No harm found
Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
Corrected 2023-06-22
F-0756
D · No harm found
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Corrected 2023-06-22
F-0759
D · No harm found
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Corrected 2023-06-22
F-0760
G · Actual harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Corrected 2023-06-22
F-0761
E · No harm found
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Corrected 2023-06-22
F-0812
F · 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 2023-06-22
F-0838
C · No harm found
Conduct and document a facility-wide assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for residents competently during both day-to-day operations (including nights and weekends) and emergencies.
Corrected 2023-06-22
F-0865
F · No harm found
Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.
Corrected 2023-06-22
F-0867
F · No harm found
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Corrected 2023-06-22
F-0880
F · No harm found
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2023-06-22
F-0881
F · No harm found
Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
Corrected 2023-06-22
F-0944
E · No harm found
Conduct mandatory training, for all staff, on the facility’s Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Program.
Corrected 2023-06-22
2025-07-31Fire-safety inspection2 citations
K-0343
F · No harm found
Have a fire alarm with audible and visual signals that transmits the alarm automatically to notify emergency forces in event of fire.
Corrected 2025-09-08
K-0363
F · No harm found
Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
Corrected 2025-09-08
2024-08-01Fire-safety inspection6 citations
E-0004
F · No harm found
Develop and maintain an Emergency Preparedness Program (EP).
Corrected 2024-08-21
E-0036
F · No harm found
Establish emergency prep training and testing.
Corrected 2024-08-20
E-0037
F · No harm found
Establish staff and initial training requirements.
Corrected 2024-08-20
K-0324
F · No harm found
Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
Corrected 2024-08-16
K-0353
F · No harm found
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
Corrected 2024-08-20
K-0712
F · No harm found
Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.
Corrected 2024-08-20
2023-05-18Fire-safety inspection4 citations
K-0324
F · No harm found
Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
Corrected 2023-05-25
K-0353
F · No harm found
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
Corrected 2023-05-26
K-0363
E · No harm found
Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
Corrected 2023-06-03
K-0918
F · No harm found
Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
Corrected 2023-05-26

Federal penalties

2024-09-17Fine$62,595
2024-09-17Medicare payment denial — 14 days
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 165214.
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Ownership & corporate history

Primary tier
Prior operators & transfers
Corporate network & affiliates
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Owners' other facilities
· · 2 more

Inspection citations — last 5 years

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The 59 citations above are shown free. The report takes each one and explains it in plain English — what the tag requires, how serious the scope/severity grade really is, whether it recurred across surveys — plus the five-year pattern a single inspection can't show.

Civil & criminal lawsuits

Advanced tier only
Active civil suits
#
Federal dockets
CDC infection data
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Citations, owner history, lawsuits — decoded into one PDF.
Sources we pull for this facility.
Source
CMS Nursing Home Compare
data.cms.gov Provider Data Catalog
Last verified 2026-08-31
Source
Secretary of State filings
Entity & officer search
Pulled when a report is ordered
Source
PACER federal dockets
pacer.uscourts.gov
Pulled when a report is ordered