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Pinnacle Specialty Care brings together skilled nursing and rehabilitation expertise in Cedar Falls, Iowa, where experienced staff focus on helping patients regain strength and independence. Our team provides compassionate care during recovery, combining medical support with personalized rehabilitation goals.
Capacity
100 residents
Location
Cedar Falls, IA
Status
Listed in a public registry
1223 Prairieview Road, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613
From CMS Care Compare, the federal record every Medicare-certified nursing home is held to. Data as of September 1, 2026. Check it on Medicare.gov
At its most recent standard inspection, on July 24, 2025, state inspectors cited 15 health deficiencies (the Iowa average is 6.5).
Nurses and nurse aides spend 3 hours 18 minutes with each resident a day, below the Iowa average of 3 hours 49 minutes.
Medicare fined Pinnacle Specialty Care once in the last three years, $8,362 in total.
| Measure | This home |
|---|---|
| Nurse and aide time per resident, per day | 3 hours 18 minutesBelow the Iowa average |
| Registered nurse time per resident, per day | 31 minutesBelow the Iowa average |
| Nursing staff who left in the past year | 27%Below the Iowa average |
22 health citations in the last three years. Each one is a federal standard inspectors found the home was not meeting.
June 9, 2026 · Complaint investigation · 5 citations
Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
April 2, 2026 · Complaint investigation · 4 citations
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
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.
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
1 fine totaling $8,362 in the last three years.
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State inspectors visited on July 24, 2025 and cited 15 health deficiencies, 11 of them from complaint investigations. The Iowa average is 6.5.
Nurses and aides spend 3 hours 18 minutes with each resident per day, including 31 minutes from registered nurses. 27% of nursing staff left over the past year.
Yes. Medicare fined Pinnacle Specialty Care once in the last three years, totaling $8,362.
Medicare covers up to 100 days of skilled nursing per benefit period after a qualifying 3-day hospital stay — fully for the first 20 days, then with a daily copay. Long-term custodial stays are generally not covered.
A semi-private room averages about $7,900 per month nationally; private rooms cost more. Medicaid is the largest payer for long-term nursing home care.
Medicare rates nursing homes 1 to 5 stars on its Care Compare site. We don't repeat those stars here. Each nursing home page shows Medicare's underlying record instead: inspections, staffing and fines, with a link to check it on Medicare.gov.