Southern Hills Specialty Care
444 North West View Drive, Osceola, IA, 50213
Yes. Federal inspectors cited 5 deficiencies against Southern Hills Specialty Care in Osceola, Iowa at its most recent standard inspection on 2025-08-21, 1 of them arising from complaints. Medicare has fined it 1 time, totalling $36,865. Medicare rates it 3 out of 5 overall.
Every deficiency on record, by how serious CMS judged it
CMS grades each finding from A to L on two axes: how badly residents were affected, and how many. These are its bands, not ours. The figures cover every standard and complaint survey on record, which is a longer window than the rating cycle above.
The last 8 findings, newest first
Each is the federal requirement the home was found not to meet, in CMS’s own wording, with the tag number so it can be looked up against the inspection report.
Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.
Administration Deficiencies · F0865 · 2025-08-21 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · F0812 · 2025-08-21 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · F0600 · 2025-08-21 · from a complaint · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · F0689 · 2025-08-21 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · F0880 · 2025-08-21 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.
Environmental Deficiencies · F0925 · 2025-04-10 · from a complaint · No actual harm, potential for minimal harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · F0812 · 2024-09-12 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · F0610 · 2023-12-12 · from a complaint · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
How CMS scores this home
These stars are Medicare’s, not ours — we publish no rating of our own. They are reproduced here because they are part of the public record.
What Medicare has fined this home
Who owns Southern Hills Specialty Care
Nursing homes are frequently owned through layers of companies, and the name over the door is rarely the one that holds the licence. This is the ownership CMS has on file.
| Owner | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARE INITIATIVES | Organization | 100% | since 08/01/1989 |
| COMPUTERSHARE CORPORATE TRUST COMPANY, NA | Organization | NOT APPLICABLE | since 01/01/2025 |
| BEAL, MICHAEL | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 06/01/2020 |
| BOWEN, LANE | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 01/01/2021 |
| CAROTHERS, MARY JANE | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 01/01/2023 |
| CHILDS, KEVIN | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 04/01/2023 |
| CORLESS, PETER | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 01/01/2025 |
| KREIN, KEITH | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 06/29/2022 |
| RUST, ELIZABETH | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 01/01/2023 |
| STURM, DENISE | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 01/01/2021 |
| UPMEYER, LINDA | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 06/29/2022 |
| BEAL, MICHAEL | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 06/01/2020 |
Part of the CARE INITIATIVES group.
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Nursing Home Care Compare. Retrieved 2026-07-29. Facility number 165293.
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