Based on personnel file review, facility policy review, and staff interview, the facility failed to assure all Certified Nursing Aides (CNA's) had a current, active certification prior to working in the facility for 1 of 7 employee's sampled. The facility identified a census of 59 residents. Findings include: Review of Staff L, Certified Nursing Aide (CNA) Iowa Single Contact Repository (SING) result summary dated 2/26/26, revealed: Professional Licensing. Final Result Date: 2/26/26. Final SING result: Record Not Found. This individual is current ineligible to work in Iowa. Based on the License Number and SSN (Social Security number) that was entered into SING, this individual was not found on the Iowa Nurse Aid Registry. …
F729 citations in Iowa
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
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Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2024
Iowa cites F729 less often than its own record predicts
0.84 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Iowa in 2024, this is the portion that was F729.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Iowa surveyors wrote
F729 findings written in Iowa, one from each severity band recorded here, most serious first.
Severity is as the surveyor wrote it. Some findings had already been corrected before the survey.
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