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Pinnacle Specialty Care

1223 PRAIRIEVIEW ROAD, CEDAR FALLS, IA, 50613
(319) 268-0489
www.careinitiatives.org/pinnacle-specialty-care
100 licensed beds
★★★★★2/5CMS Five-Star overall2/5 health inspections3/5 staffing2/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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Address

1223 Prairieview Road
Cedar Falls, IA 50613
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Public record summary

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Bed capacity
100
CMS facility ID
165298
Care type
Nursing home
County
Black Hawk
Facility name
Pinnacle Specialty Care
Street address
1223 PRAIRIEVIEW ROAD
City / state / ZIP
Cedar Falls, IA 50613
Phone
(319) 268-0489
Website
www.careinitiatives.org/pinnacle-specialty-care

About this facility — Pinnacle Specialty Care

Pinnacle Specialty Care is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Cedar Falls, Iowa. It is licensed for 100 beds — well above the median for skilled nursing facilities in Iowa (57 beds).

It is one of 13 senior care facilities in Cedar Falls 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 Pinnacle Specialty Care 29 times across 12 inspections in the last three years, including 1 food-safety citation, and CMS has imposed $8,362 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.

Facility background

What the public record shows.

Ownership & operator

Parent company
Care Initiatives
Ownership type
For profit - Corporation

Registered owners & officers

Care Initiatives
Direct owner — 100% stake — since 2009
Arends, Hilary
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — 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
Gilyard, Tanya
Officer — since 2025
Krein, Keith
Director — since 2022
Kuhn, Jeramy
Officer — since 2008
Mahler, Carla
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
Whyms, Brian
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2024

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
1996-11-01
CMS overall rating
2 of 5 stars
Health deficiencies
15 at the last standard inspection
Federal fines
$8,362 total
Last standard inspection
2025-07-24
Nurse staffing
3.3 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)

Average billed charges
$531 per day (≈ $16,140/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.
Payer mix (resident days)
71% Medicaid · 7% Medicare · 23% private/other
Occupancy
89% (fiscal year 2023)
Vs. state median
55% above the IA median of $342/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds
100
Medicare
Accepted
Medicaid
Accepted
Wheelchair accessible
entrance and parking
Visiting hours
Daily Open 24 hours
Compiled from CMS Nursing Home Compare; owners/officers from the CMS Ownership dataset; cost & occupancy from the facility's own CMS cost report; hours/accessibility via Google · 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.
2026-06-09Health inspectionComplaint-triggered5 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 2026-07-01
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 2026-07-01
F-0725
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Corrected 2026-07-01
F-0760
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Corrected 2026-07-01
F-0865
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.
Corrected 2026-07-01
2026-04-02Health inspectionComplaint-triggered4 citations
F-0657
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Corrected 2026-04-25
F-0658
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Corrected 2026-04-25
F-0698
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Corrected 2026-04-25
F-0755
E · 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 2026-04-25
8 earlier / fire-safety inspections (20 citations)
2025-11-19Health inspectionComplaint-triggered2 citations
F-0689
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Corrected 2025-11-29
F-0725
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Corrected 2025-11-29
2025-07-24Health inspection4 citations
F-0584
D · No harm found
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Corrected 2025-08-23
F-0641
D · No harm found
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Corrected 2025-08-23
F-0644
D · No harm found
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
Corrected 2025-08-23
F-0657
D · No harm found
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Corrected 2025-08-23
2024-09-05Health inspectionComplaint-triggered4 citations
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 2024-09-24
F-0677
D · No harm found
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Corrected 2024-09-24
F-0689
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Corrected 2024-09-24
F-0805
D · No harm foundFood safety
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
Corrected 2024-09-24
2024-02-13Health inspectionComplaint-triggered2 citations
F-0550
D · 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 2024-02-21
F-0919
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
Corrected 2024-02-21
2023-11-13Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0684
G · Actual harmFrom a complaint
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Corrected 2023-11-21
2023-06-08Health inspection3 citations
F-0657
D · No harm found
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Corrected 2023-06-15
F-0658
D · No harm found
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Corrected 2023-06-15
F-0690
D · No harm found
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 2023-06-15
2024-09-05Fire-safety inspection2 citations
E-0004
F · No harm found
Develop and maintain an Emergency Preparedness Program (EP).
Corrected 2024-09-11
E-0029
F · No harm found
Develop a communication plan.
Corrected 2024-09-11
2023-06-08Fire-safety inspection2 citations
E-0004
F · No harm found
Develop and maintain an Emergency Preparedness Program (EP).
Corrected 2023-06-21
E-0029
F · No harm found
Develop a communication plan.
Corrected 2023-06-19

Federal penalties

2023-11-13Fine$8,362
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 165298.

Visitor reviews

What people say on Google.
3.045 ratings on Google
★★Honest Reviewer · 2026-02-11 · via Google

“LOOKS of this place can be deceiving! Only a FEW good people there! They lost my clothes, let me sit in someone’s nasty peed on wheelchair to where I REEKED of pee & all the elderly were confined in their rooms like me (most days) due to “covid.” Their dietary couldn’t get a CLUE how allergic I was or intolerant of foods! I had to make my own foods a LOT. Also found 3rd shift staff having munchie…”

★★★★★Rik · 2026-03-31 · via Google

“When we push our lives beyond our intended course, we hope to fall into the skilled hands of the Medical Arts, and we pray that they return us to good health. And when the tidal wave of their skills, patient connection, and dedication to MAHA standards washes us anew, these Medical Profssionals make us whole, once again, grateful, abd have changed the way we think of others. Such is the hallmark…”

★★★★★Gina Wester · 2026-07-15 · via Google

“The aids, nurses, social worker, PT, OT and all staff were exceptionally helpful and friendly. They were all very knowledgeable in their fields. The accommodations were good. The food was very good. No complaints! Carol Sigler”

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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
Google Business Profile
Photos, reviews & hours
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pacer.uscourts.gov
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