Perry Lutheran Home

A nursing home in Perry, Iowa 50220

2323 East Willis Avenue, Perry, Iowa 50220. (515) 465-5342.

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The short answer

Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.

1of 5 CMS’s overall rating
5 health citations at the latest inspection cycle Iowa average: 6.6
3.83 nurse hours per resident per day Iowa average: 3.86
1 fine in the last three years (needs attention)

The last 24 months 18 citations in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. Most serious: actual harm (G). Every month

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

What these words mean8

Star ratings: CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.
Inspection (survey): A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
Deficiency, citation, violation: What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
Scope and severity (A to L): CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7).
Nurse staffing hours: The hours registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and nurse aides worked, per resident per day, from the payroll records each home sends CMS. Source: CMS, Payroll-Based Journal.
Fines and payment denials: A fine (civil money penalty) is money CMS makes a nursing home pay when it falls short of federal rules. A payment denial means Medicare and Medicaid stop paying for new admissions until the home meets the rules again. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.430 and 488.417.
Immediate jeopardy: CMS’s most serious finding: the place’s failure to meet a rule caused, or was likely to cause, serious injury, harm, impairment or death to someone in its care. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 489.3.
Capacity: The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.

On this record

Who runs it

Ownership: non profit, corporation.
Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since Mar 1, 2012.
Certified beds: 70.
52 owners or officers are people: Melissa Gannon (corporate officer, 100%); Max A Phillips (runs it (operational or managerial control), 100%); Randall James Mccaulley (corporate director, 14%); Cole Adair (corporate director, 14%); Alan Metz (corporate director, 14%); Michael Grothe (corporate director, 14%); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Steven D Sohn (runs it (operational or managerial control)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Melissa Gannon (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Melissa Gannon (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Anita Mcvey (corporate director); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Kurt Kruse (runs it (operational or managerial control)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Rhonda Wheeldon (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Debra Koelin (corporate director); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Sara Haerther (runs it (operational or managerial control)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Jennifer Rothfus (runs it (operational or managerial control)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Antoinette Carrick (corporate officer); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Esther Merrill (runs it (operational or managerial control)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Max A Phillips (corporate officer); Mark Andrew Gerken (corporate officer); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Dennis Lee Martens (corporate officer); Geneen Hilsenbeck (runs it (operational or managerial control)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Lisa Roederer (runs it (operational or managerial control)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)).

CCN 165606

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

CMS, All Owners. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly.

Where it comes from

Provider InformationCMS, released Oct 28, 2026
Health DeficienciesCMS, released Oct 28, 2026
PenaltiesCMS, released Oct 28, 2026
All OwnersCMS, checked Nov 5, 2026
State and US AveragesCMS, released Oct 28, 2026

Every source, in full

What did inspectors find?

5 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The Iowa average is 6.6.

Last standard inspection Apr 2, 2026.

Most serious in three years: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (K), at a complaint inspection on Nov 21, 2023

CMS, Provider Information, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

When those citations happened

18 citations in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. Most serious: actual harm (G). The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

18 citations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2023												Dec
2024	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2025	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2026	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov

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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

All 22 citations in the last three years

Grouped by inspection, newest first. Each carries , from A, the least serious, to L, the most. 13 came from complaint inspections.

CMS, Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Apr 2, 2026: standard inspection3 citations

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Rule F0812. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 24, 2026.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Rule F0880. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 24, 2026.
Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member’s vaccination status.

Rule F0887. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 24, 2026.

Jan 8, 2026: complaint inspection1 citation

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Rule F0880. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 27, 2026.

Oct 8, 2025: complaint inspection1 citation

Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

Rule F0684. G: actual harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Oct 14, 2025.

Mar 13, 2025: standard inspection5 citations

Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.

Rule F0625. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 30, 2025.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

Rule F0689. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 30, 2025.
Ensure 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.

Rule F0761. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 30, 2025.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Rule F0812. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 30, 2025.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Rule F0880. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 30, 2025.

Nov 7, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation

Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

Rule F0684. G: actual harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Nov 19, 2024.

May 16, 2024: standard inspection1 citation

Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.

Rule F0755. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jun 7, 2024.

May 16, 2024: standard and complaint inspection3 citations

Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

Rule F0600. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jun 7, 2024.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

Rule F0689. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jun 7, 2024.
Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.

Rule F0625. B: no actual harm, potential for minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jun 7, 2024.

Jan 24, 2024: complaint inspection3 citations

Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

Rule F0684. G: actual harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 21, 2024.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

Rule F0689. G: actual harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 21, 2024.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

Rule F0658. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 28, 2024.

Nov 21, 2023: complaint inspection4 citations

Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

Rule F0600. K: immediate jeopardy to health or safety. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Nov 22, 2023.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

Rule F0609. K: immediate jeopardy to health or safety. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Nov 22, 2023.
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

Rule F0610. K: immediate jeopardy to health or safety. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Nov 22, 2023.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

Rule F0689. J: immediate jeopardy to health or safety. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Sep 27, 2023.

Is it certified, and in good standing?

Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since Mar 1, 2012.
Not on CMS’s special focus list.
No abuse icon from CMS.
No change of ownership in the last 12 months.
CMS lists its ownership as non profit, corporation.
70 certified beds.

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Has it been fined or penalized?

1 fine in the last three years, $16,351 in all.
1 Medicare payment denial in the last three years.
13 citations in the last three years came from complaint inspections.

CMS, Penalties and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Fines and payment denials, newest first
Date	Kind	Amount
Nov 21, 2023	Medicare payment denial	Not given
Nov 21, 2023	Fine	$16,351

Who does the caring?

3.83 nurse hours per resident per day

The Iowa average is 3.86.

CMS publishes staffing about four months after the fact.

CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Staffing measures
Measure	This home	Iowa average
Nurse hours per resident per day	3.83	3.86
Of which registered nurses	0.77	0.74
At weekends	3.27	3.38
Nursing staff turnover	42.9%	44.1%
Registered nurse turnover	44.4%	42.1%
Administrators who left	0	Not given

Who owns it?

52 owners or officers are people: Melissa Gannon (corporate officer, 100%); Max A Phillips (runs it (operational or managerial control), 100%); Randall James Mccaulley (corporate director, 14%); Cole Adair (corporate director, 14%); Alan Metz (corporate director, 14%); Michael Grothe (corporate director, 14%); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Steven D Sohn (runs it (operational or managerial control)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Melissa Gannon (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Melissa Gannon (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Anita Mcvey (corporate director); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Kurt Kruse (runs it (operational or managerial control)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Rhonda Wheeldon (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Debra Koelin (corporate director); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Sara Haerther (runs it (operational or managerial control)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Jennifer Rothfus (runs it (operational or managerial control)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Antoinette Carrick (corporate officer); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Esther Merrill (runs it (operational or managerial control)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Max A Phillips (corporate officer); Mark Andrew Gerken (corporate officer); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Dennis Lee Martens (corporate officer); Geneen Hilsenbeck (runs it (operational or managerial control)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Lisa Roederer (runs it (operational or managerial control)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)).
No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.

CMS, All Owners. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly.

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Organisations CMS lists
Organisation	Role	Since
Ncs Healthcare of Iowa, LLC	Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)	Jan 1, 2023
Blue Stone Therapy Inc.	Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)	Apr 1, 2018
Cattail Inc.	Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)	Oct 1, 2024
BCG Holdings Inc.	Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)	Oct 1, 2024
Iowa Health Care Association	Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)	Oct 1, 2024
Ecsi Inc.	Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)	Oct 1, 2024
Forvis Mazars LLP	Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)	Jan 25, 2016
Cattail Bcg LLC	Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)	Oct 1, 2024
Brighton Consulting Group LLC	Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)	Oct 1, 2024

How do residents fare?

CMS rates its quality measures 4 of 5 (Iowa average 3.4).

CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

CMS’s star ratings, from 1 to 5
Measure	Rating
Overall rating	1 of 5
Health inspections	1 of 5
Staffing	4 of 5
Quality measures	4 of 5

How does it compare nearby?

Among the 12 nearest homes, within 18.4 miles, this one had the 7th most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (5; the middle value was 5.5).

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

The 12 nearest, by straight-line distance
Place	Miles away	Citations, latest cycle
Perry Lutheran Home This nursing home		5
Perry Lutheran Homes Eden Acres Campus	0.8	6
Spurgeon Manor	12.9	3
Madrid Home for the Aged	13.9	7
Accura Healthcare of Ogden, LLC	14.2	9
Granger Nursing & Rehabilitation Center	14.5	4
Adel Acres	15.8	17
Panora Specialty Care	16.9	3
Kennybrook Village	18.0	3
Eastern Star Masonic Home	18.1	5
Westhaven Community	18.4	8
Regency Park Nursing & Rehab Center of Jefferson	18.4	6

What the record doesn’t say

Complaints that didn’t lead to a citation aren’t published.
Inspections reach CMS’s data about six weeks after they happen, and staffing about four months after.
CMS publishes the inspectors’ full written findings in a separate monthly file, which isn’t loaded yet.
Fines and Medicare payment denials are the only enforcement CMS publishes; state licence actions aren’t included.

Sources

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Provider Information (4pq5-n9py).

Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health Deficiencies (r5ix-sfxw).

Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Penalties (g6vv-u9sr).

Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, All Owners (afe44b85-cc6d-40d7-b5df-00ae8910d1d2).

Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, State and US Averages (xcdc-v8bm).

Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

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Replies

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Perry Lutheran Home

The short answer

What did inspectors find?

When those citations happened

All 22 citations in the last three years

Is it certified, and in good standing?

Has it been fined or penalized?

Who does the caring?

Who owns it?

How do residents fare?

How does it compare nearby?

What the record doesn’t say

Sources

From the home

Replies

Paid listing

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