Worth County Public Health
Northwood, Iowa · CCN 167043
95 Ninth Street North
17 federal deficiencies across 2 surveys, July 22, 2021 to July 31, 2024.
Excludes the inspector’s preamble, which is not a finding
Federal surveys with at least one deficiency
Findings against a Condition of Participation — a compliance grade, not a measure of harm
What level the findings sit at
- Condition-level211.8%
- The agency was out of compliance with a federal Condition of Participation — a requirement it must meet to take part in Medicare at all.
- Standard-level423.5%
- A requirement within a Condition of Participation. The Condition itself was not cited.
- Element-level1164.7%
- A specific element within a Standard. The finest level the home health programme grades at.
These are compliance grades, not harm grades: how deep in the regulation a finding sits, not whether anyone was harmed.
Most-cited requirements
- G0574Plan of care must include the following2
- E0017HHA Comprehensive Assessment in Disaster1
- G0510Comprehensive Assessment of Patients1
- G0536A review of all current medications1
- G0546Last 5 days of every 60 days unless:1
Survey record
Condition-level
| Survey | Type | Deficiencies | Condition-level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2024 | Recertification | 3 | — |
| Jul 22, 2021 | Focused Infection Control, Other-Fed, Recertification | 14 | 2 |
In the inspector’s words
The complete written findings for this home health agency, in the inspector’s own words.
Home health findings published by CMS on QCOR, covering surveys from July 22, 2021 to July 31, 2024. The inspectors’ written findings come from 7,049 individual survey reports.
Federal survey findings only. State licensure findings for home health agencies are not shown.
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