CMS Adds Two Iowa Nursing Homes to Special-Focus Watchlist
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services added Adel Acres and Northbrook Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Cedar Rapids to its list of facilities eligible for special-focus status, which flags homes with a history of serious, recurring resident-care problems. Adel Acres racked up 24 state and federal violations over the past year, including a resident death from a fall and blunt force head trauma, a medication overdose, and a sepsis case tied to delayed antibiotic treatment, drawing federal fines exceeding $57,000. Northbrook was cited after inspectors found staff failed to monitor catheterized residents' urinary output, leading to a resident's death following acute kidney injury and sepsis; the facility was fined $16,435. Iowa currently has 10 homes in the special-focus pipeline, with two, Garden View Care Center and Pine Acres Rehabilitation and Care Center, already enrolled and subject to inspections every six months.