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Good Samaritan - Forest City
606 South Seventh Street · Forest City, IA 50436 · 43 certified beds
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About Good Samaritan - Forest City
Good Samaritan - Forest City is a nursing home in Forest City, Iowa. Its capacity is 43 beds, below the Iowa median of 58 for nursing homes. It is run by a nonprofit operator and is part of Good Samaritan Society. It is Medicare certified. Its public inspection record shows 9 citations, the most recent on August 7, 2025. CMS also lists 3 fines or payment denials against it. Nurse staffing averages 3.49 hours per resident per day. Its public records were last updated in October 2026.
Public record
CMS Care Compare, updated October 2026
Certification
Medicare-certified.
Ratings
Overall
4.0Staffing
4.0Quality measures
2.0CMS Care Compare, October 2026.
Inspection history (9)
Records from October 2023 to August 2025.
August 7, 2025
Tag F0600Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected July 15, 2025.
August 7, 2025
Tag F0690Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected August 22, 2025.
September 5, 2024
Tag F0689Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Severity G: isolated, actual harm. Corrected April 22, 2024.
September 5, 2024
Tag F0812Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected September 19, 2024.
September 5, 2024
Tag F0684Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected September 19, 2024.
September 5, 2024
Tag F0656Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected September 19, 2024.
October 19, 2023
Tag F0805Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
Severity K: pattern, immediate jeopardy. Corrected November 2, 2023.
October 19, 2023
Tag F0580Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected November 8, 2023.
October 19, 2023
Tag F0684Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected November 8, 2023.
Penalties (3)
Total fines: $25,945
September 5, 2024 · Fine
CMS recorded a civil money penalty of $8,824 against this nursing home on September 5, 2024.
October 19, 2023 · Payment Denial
CMS recorded a Medicare/Medicaid payment denial for new admissions starting November 17, 2023, lasting 4 days (triggered by inspection on October 19, 2023).
October 19, 2023 · Fine
CMS recorded a civil money penalty of $17,121 against this nursing home on October 19, 2023.
Staffing
3.49 nurse hours per resident per day in Q2 2026, up from 3.34 in Q4 2025.
From the payroll records nursing homes file with CMS.
Ownership
Non profit
Part of Good Samaritan Society, a chain of 92 nursing homes.
Average CMS star ratings across the chain: 3.0 overall, 2.8 for health inspections, 3.9 for staffing, 2.9 for quality measures.
Typical cost
CareScout Cost of Care Survey, 2025
This provider's prices aren't public. Here is what the same care typically costs in Iowa.
What Medicaid pays nursing homes
This is what Iowa Medicaid pays a nursing home for each resident per day. It is not what a family pays privately, but it shows what the state treats as the cost of a day of care.
Median facility daily rate
$307.06per day
About $9,335 a month.
Median we calculated from the state's own facility rate file, January 1, 2026. Based on 381 facilities.
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