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Hillcrest Home

915 West First Street, Sumner, IA 506745635788591Ownership: Non profit - CorporationCertified beds: 61Avg. daily residents: 47County: Bremer

The complete public record on Hillcrest Home, a Medicare & Medicaid–certified nursing home in Sumner, 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.
Hillcrest Home holds a 4-star overall rating, in the top tier CMS assigns. 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. 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.
Rating trajectory: overall rating declined from 5 stars (July 2026) to 4 stars (August 2026) across 2 monthly CMS releases tracked by ClearPath.

Staffing

4.43 total nurse staff hours per resident per day
above the state average (3.82)
0.58 RN hours per resident per day
below the state average (0.74)
3.66 weekend nurse staff hours per resident per day
28.6% total nursing staff turnover
below the state average (44.2)
25.0% 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

May 15, 2025 most recent standard health inspection
3 health deficiencies cited in the most recent inspection cycle
below the state average (6.6)
10 health deficiencies in the two prior cycles combined
$0 in federal fines across 0 penalties (last 3 years)
1 payment denial
CMS withholding Medicare/Medicaid payment for new admissions until problems were fixed

Recent Inspection Citations

15 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
July 2, 20260602Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money. ComplaintD · Potential for more than minimal harm
July 2, 20260725Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. ComplaintD · Potential for more than minimal harm
May 15, 20250640Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.B · Minimal harm potential
February 27, 20250689Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. ComplaintG · Actual harm
February 27, 20250585Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and… ComplaintD · Potential for more than minimal harm
February 27, 20250697Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. ComplaintD · Potential for more than minimal harm
February 27, 20250710Obtain a doctor's order to admit a resident and ensure the resident is under a doctor's care. ComplaintD · Potential for more than minimal harm
June 20, 20240658Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.D · Potential for more than minimal harm
June 20, 20240943Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and…D · Potential for more than minimal harm
June 20, 20240868Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterlyB · Minimal harm potential

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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.