Nursing Homes · Medicare certified
Laporte City Specialty Care
1100 HWY 218 N · La Porte City, IA 50651 · 46 certified beds
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About Laporte City Specialty Care
Laporte City Specialty Care is a nursing home in La Porte City, Iowa. Its capacity is 46 beds, below the Black Hawk County median of 72 for nursing homes. It is run by a nonprofit operator and is part of Care Initiatives. It is Medicare certified. Its public inspection record shows 3 citations, the most recent on February 26, 2026. Enforcement records show no fine or payment denial against it. Nurse staffing averages 3.22 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
5.0Staffing
4.0Quality measures
5.0CMS Care Compare, October 2026.
Inspection history (3)
Records from January 2024 to February 2026.
February 26, 2026
Tag F0880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected March 6, 2026.
November 20, 2025
Tag F0760Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Severity G: isolated, actual harm. Corrected November 6, 2025.
January 4, 2024
Tag F0801Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician.
Severity F: widespread, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected January 26, 2024.
Penalties
CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this nursing home in the last three years.
Staffing
3.22 nurse hours per resident per day in Q2 2026, about the same as in Q4 2025.
From the payroll records nursing homes file with CMS.
Ownership
Non profit
Part of Care Initiatives, a chain of 43 nursing homes.
Average CMS star ratings across the chain: 3.0 overall, 2.7 for health inspections, 3.9 for staffing, 3.7 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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