Northcrest Community

A nursing home in Ames, Iowa 50010

2304 Northcrest Pkwy, Ames, Iowa 50010. (515) 232-6760.

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The short answer

Not rated by Medicare: CMS rates only the providers it certifies, and this one isn’t Medicare-certified
Not read what inspectors found: the state’s list doesn’t carry it

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

What these words mean7

Not read: The file this site reads doesn’t carry what inspectors found, so nothing is counted here. It doesn’t mean the place has a clean record: the state’s own site may have its reports. Source: How this site reads each source.
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.

What did inspectors find?

DIAL’s Entity Search carries no inspection results, so this page can’t say what inspectors found. Iowa’s Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing says: “To find inspection reports and fine information, visit the Health Facilities database.” Its page for this one is linked here.

Is it licensed, or certified?

Nursing home, licensed by Iowa’s Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing.
DIAL’s database types it “Licensed Only Entity” and gives it no CCN, so it isn’t Medicare-certified. CMS’s files list only the nursing homes Medicare certifies, so no CMS , survey or inspection covers this one, and none is shown or compared.
Iowa’s licence number: 850462, valid to Sep 14, 2027.
DIAL’s entity type: Licensed Only Entity.
First licensed Sep 14, 1976.

Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing (DIAL), Health Facilities Division, Health Facilities database: Entity Search. Checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated weekly.

Has the state acted against it?

DIAL’s Entity Search carries no enforcement actions; its Health Facilities database’s compliance records aren’t read here.

Who does the caring?

Iowa publishes no staffing levels in this list, and CMS’s staffing measures cover only certified nursing homes.

Who owns it?

This list doesn’t name owners.

How do residents fare?

CMS rates only Medicare-certified nursing homes, so no CMS rating is shown here; Iowa publishes no rating in this list.

How does it compare nearby?

Not compared: CMS’s measures cover only the nursing homes Medicare certifies, and this state’s list publishes no measure of its own to compare.

What the record doesn’t say

Iowa licenses every nursing home, and DIAL’s database gives each one’s CCN and types the homes it licenses only “Licensed Only Entity”. This page is one DIAL types so, which CMS’s files don’t hold by its name or its street either: so no CMS rating or inspection covers it.
CMS’s files list only the nursing homes Medicare certifies, so no CMS star rating, survey or inspection covers this one, and none is shown or compared.
DIAL’s Entity Search carries no inspection results, so this page can’t say what inspectors found. Iowa’s Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing says: “To find inspection reports and fine information, visit the Health Facilities database.” Its page for this one is linked here.

Sources

Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing (DIAL), Health Facilities Division, Health Facilities database: Entity Search.

Checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated weekly. No licence stated, and iowa.gov’s policies grant nothing. Asked on Oct 19, 2026 whether its Entity Search and each facility’s public page may be read weekly, at one request a second, DIAL wrote the same day: “That website is updated daily with facility information as needed, so you are free to access it whenever you wish as it is public record.”.

If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing (DIAL), Health Facilities Division. Iowa’s own record is on dia-hfd.iowa.gov. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.

This copy of the record was made on Oct 20, 2026.

From the home

The public record above comes first. Anything the home adds will appear here, below it, and say who wrote it.

Replies

None. Replies aren’t open yet. When they open, the home will be able to answer any finding for free, and the reply will show beside that finding, unedited and dated.

Paid listing

None. Paid listings aren’t open yet. When they open, anything paid for will say “Paid by the home”, and paying will never change a finding, a rating or the order of results.