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Community Memorial Health Center

231 North Eighth Avenue West, Hartley, IA 513467127282428Ownership: Non profit - OtherCertified beds: 62Avg. daily residents: 44County: Obrien

The complete public record on Community Memorial Health Center, a Medicare & Medicaid–certified nursing home in Hartley, Iowa, from the CMS Care Compare database (August 2026 release). Every figure below is published by federal regulators; ClearPath adds the state comparisons and the plain-English reading.

CMS Star Ratings

Overall rating
★★★☆☆
CMS’s composite of the three ratings below. Iowa average: 3.1 stars.
Health inspection
★★☆☆☆
Based on the last three years of on-site inspections and complaint investigations — the rating CMS weights most heavily.
Staffing
★★★★★
Nurse and aide hours per resident per day, adjusted for how much care residents need, plus staff turnover.
Quality measures
★★☆☆☆
Clinical outcomes CMS tracks, such as falls with injury, pressure ulcers and hospital readmissions.
Community Memorial Health Center holds a 3-star overall rating, CMS’s middle tier. Its health-inspection rating is lower than its overall rating — the overall score is being lifted by staffing or quality-measure ratings, which draw partly on facility-reported data. Federal regulators have fined this facility $44,528 in the last three years. None of this tells you whether a bed is open, whether your insurance is in network, or whether the facility will accept a given level of care — confirm those three directly with the facility before you commit.

Staffing

4.02 total nurse staff hours per resident per day
above the state average (3.82)
1.12 RN hours per resident per day
above the state average (0.74)
3.50 weekend nurse staff hours per resident per day
41.1% total nursing staff turnover
below the state average (44.2)
16.7% RN turnover
0 administrators left in the reporting period

Hours are per resident per day, from payroll-based journal data facilities submit to CMS. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over the past year.

Inspections & Penalties

January 22, 2026 most recent standard health inspection
8 health deficiencies cited in the most recent inspection cycle
above the state average (6.6)
7 health deficiencies in the two prior cycles combined
$44,528 in federal fines across 2 penalties (last 3 years)
above the state average ($19,559)
0 payment denials
CMS withholding Medicare/Medicaid payment for new admissions until problems were fixed

Recent Inspection Citations

19 citations on record across recent inspections, 2 at the actual-harm or immediate-jeopardy level. Showing the most recent inspection. Severity uses CMS’s A–L scope-and-severity scale; G and above means residents were actually harmed.

InspectionTagWhat was citedSeverity
January 22, 20260561Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.D · Potential for more than minimal harm
January 22, 20260644Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.D · Potential for more than minimal harm
January 22, 20260690Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate…D · Potential for more than minimal harm
January 22, 20260842Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted…D · Potential for more than minimal harm
January 22, 20260880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.D · Potential for more than minimal harm

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Source: CMS Care Compare (data.cms.gov), August 2026 monthly release. Figures are as published by CMS and change monthly; ClearPath refreshes automatically. ClearPath Senior Guide is an independent information service, accepts no referral fees or placement incentives from any facility, and does not recommend facilities. Verify current details with the facility.