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Crystal Heights Care Center

An independent review of Crystal Heights Care Center's safety record, its Medicare rating, health-inspection citations, staffing, fines and complaints, drawn from public federal data (not user star-ratings).

1514 High Avenue West · Oskaloosa, IA 52577 · 72 beds
Phone: 6416737032
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Open Care Data Safety Grade

This facility rates below average, with several concerns worth pressing on.

Starts from the Medicare rating, then weighs below-average staffing. How we grade · See how it compares
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Recent News August 2026 federal update

As of the August 2026 federal update, there were no changes to this facility's Medicare ratings, Special Focus watch-list status, fines, or complaints since the prior release.

Medicare Five-Star Rating · as of the latest federal update

Overall
★★
2 / 5
Staffing
★★
2 / 5
Health Inspection
★★
2 / 5
Quality Measures
★★
2 / 5

Top concerns What stands out in the record

  • Below-average overall Medicare rating (2 of 5 stars).
  • Staffing rating is in the bottom tier, often the strongest predictor of care quality.

How it compares vs. 389 IA nursing homes

Overall Medicare rating
2of 5 stars
Better than 22% of IA homes
Staffing rating
2of 5 stars
Better than 6% of IA homes
Health-inspection rating
2of 5 stars
Better than 20% of IA homes
Total nurse hours / resident / day
3.06797hrs
Better than 9% of IA homes
RN hours / resident / day
0.40275hrs
Better than 9% of IA homes

Percentiles rank this facility against every other Medicare-rated nursing home in Iowa, using the latest federal data.

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Safety & Enforcement Federal inspection record

Safety indicators

Abuse indicator None on record
Substantiated complaints 0

Financial penalties

1
Fines
$10,489
Total fines
0
Payment denials
1
Total penalties

Staffing Hours per resident / day

0.40275
RN hours per resident / day
Benchmark ≥ 0.75
3.06797
Total nursing hours / day
Benchmark ≈ 4.1
3.08311
Weekend nursing hours / day
Look for parity with weekdays

Higher staffing, especially RN time, correlates with better outcomes and higher Medicare star ratings.

Recent Deficiency Citations Last 36 months · federal inspections

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Quality Measures Medicare quality data · lower is better

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