Nursing Homes · Ames, IA
Assisted Living, Nursing Homes · Medicare certified
Northridge Village
3300 George Washington Carver Avenue · Ames, IA 50010 · Lic. #S0353 (IA) · 68 certified beds
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About Northridge Village
Northridge Village is an assisted living community in Ames, Iowa. Its capacity is 68 beds, above the Story County median of 49 for assisted living communities. The IA licensing record lists its status as "ACTIVE". It is run by a for-profit operator and is part of Pivotal Health Care. It is Medicare certified. Its public inspection record shows 6 citations, the most recent on January 9, 2025. Enforcement records show no fine or payment denial against it. Nurse staffing averages 4.49 hours per resident per day. It is one of 7 assisted living communities listed in Ames. Complaints about assisted living communities in Iowa go to the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing at 1-877-686-0027. Its public records were last updated in November 2026.
Public record
CMS Care Compare, updated October 2026
Certification
Medicare-certified.
Ratings
Overall
5.0Staffing
5.0Quality measures
3.0CMS Care Compare (nursing home rating), October 2026.
Inspection history (6)
Records from November 2023 to January 2025.
January 9, 2025
Tag F0880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected January 14, 2025.
January 9, 2025
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 January 14, 2025.
June 20, 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 30, 2024.
November 2, 2023
Tag F0698Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected November 7, 2023.
November 2, 2023
Tag F0880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected November 7, 2023.
November 2, 2023
Tag F0761Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected November 7, 2023.
Penalties
CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this nursing home in the last three years.
Staffing
4.49 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
For profit
Part of Pivotal Health Care, a chain of 9 nursing homes.
Average CMS star ratings across the chain: 4.1 overall, 3.4 for health inspections, 4.6 for staffing, 3.9 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.
Source: IA Medicaid NF rate publication (opens in a new tab), updated 2026-01-01
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