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Southern Hills Specialty Care

444 NORTH WEST VIEW DRIVE, OSCEOLA, IA, 50213

(641) 342-6061

90 licensed beds

★★★★★3/5CMS Five-Star overall3/5 health inspections3/5 staffing3/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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444 North West View Drive

Osceola, IA 50213

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Bed capacity

CMS facility ID

165293

Care type

Nursing home

County

Clarke

Facility name

Southern Hills Specialty Care

Street address

444 NORTH WEST VIEW DRIVE

City / state / ZIP

Osceola, IA 50213

Phone

(641) 342-6061

About this facility — Southern Hills Specialty Care

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

It is one of 2 senior care facilities in Osceola 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 Southern Hills Specialty Care 18 times across 9 inspections in the last three years, including 2 food-safety citations, and CMS has imposed $36,865 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

Non profit - Corporation

Registered owners & officers

Care Initiatives

Direct owner — 100% stake — since 1989

Beal, Michael

Director · Officer — since 2020

Bowen, Lane

Director — since 2021

Bushong, Tammy

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2025

Carothers, Mary Jane

Director — since 2023

Childs, Kevin

Director — since 2023

Computershare Corporate Trust Company, Na

Mortgage holder — 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 — since 2024

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

Wei, Shipeng

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

1996-08-09

CMS overall rating

3 of 5 stars

Health deficiencies

5 at the last standard inspection

Federal fines

$36,865 total

Last standard inspection

2025-08-21

Nurse staffing

3.4 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)

Average billed charges

$456 per day (≈ $13,860/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.

Payer mix (resident days)

72% Medicaid · 6% Medicare · 22% private/other

Occupancy

93% (fiscal year 2023)

Vs. state median

33% above 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

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.

2025-08-21Health inspectionComplaint-triggered5 citations

F-0600

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

Corrected 2025-08-25

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 2025-08-25

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 2025-08-25

F-0865

F · No harm found

Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.

Corrected 2025-08-25

F-0880

D · No harm found

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Corrected 2025-08-25

2025-04-10Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0925

C · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.

Corrected 2025-04-11

5 earlier / fire-safety inspections (12 citations)

2024-09-12Health inspection1 citation

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 2024-09-27

2023-12-12Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0610

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

Corrected 2023-12-30

2025-08-21Fire-safety inspection1 citation

K-0923

F · No harm found

Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas.

Corrected 2025-08-21

2024-09-12Fire-safety inspection3 citations

K-0291

D · No harm found

Install emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours.

Corrected 2024-09-23

K-0363

D · No harm found

Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.

Corrected 2024-09-19

K-0741

D · No harm found

Have posted "No-smoking" signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or ashtrays provided where smoking was allowed.

Corrected 2024-09-30

2024-05-02Fire-safety inspection6 citations

E-0004

F · No harm found

Develop and maintain an Emergency Preparedness Program (EP).

Corrected 2024-05-20

K-0161

D · No harm found

Use approved construction type or materials.

Corrected 2024-05-16

K-0346

F · No harm found

Follow proper procedures when the fire alarm was out of service for more than 4 hours.

Corrected 2024-05-20

K-0353

F · No harm found

Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.

Corrected 2024-05-16

K-0354

F · No harm found

Follow proper procedures when the automatic sprinkler systems was out of service for more than 10 hours.

Corrected 2024-05-16

K-0918

F · No harm found

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

Corrected 2024-05-16

Federal penalties

2024-08-18Fine$36,865

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 165293.

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Inspection citations — last 5 years

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Original records

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Source

CMS Nursing Home Compare

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Last verified 2026-08-31

Source

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