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Pleasant View Luther Home

505 College Avenue, Ottawa, IL, 61350

Type
Nursing home
Medicare/Medicaid certified · CCN 145801Continuing-care retirement communityNonprofit

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Federal Quality Data

Official records from CMS Care Compare — reported by the facility and audited by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. We present them unmodified. Refreshed June 2026.

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CMS Star Ratings

Overall4 / 5
Health inspections3 / 5
Staffing4 / 5
Quality measures5 / 5

Facility & Staffing

Ownership
Non profit - Corporation
Certified beds
90 · avg 67 residents/day
Total nursing staff turnover
40.4%near the Illinois averageIllinois avg: 45.0% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
RN turnover
43.8%near the Illinois averageIllinois avg: 42.3% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
Administrators who left
0 departednear the Illinois averageIllinois avg: 0.5 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare

Enforcement & Citations

Fines (past 3 years)
3 fines · $87,819 total
Payment denials
1 denial

Medicare certification

CMS Certification Number
145801
Certified beds
90 beds · avg 67 residents/day
Ownership type
Non profit - Corporation
Continuing-care community
Yes

CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026

Ownership & operations

Legal business name
Pleasant View Luther Home Inc

CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026

Federal ownership record

Non-profitCorporation

Disclosed owners (5 on record)

  • Terri Black

    Operational/managerial Control · 5% · since 2024

  • Amy Lacroix

    Corporate Officer · 5% · since 2022

  • Meredith Sloan Bentley

    Corporate Officer · 5% · since 2020

  • Lutheran Life Ministries

    5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · 100% · since 2012

  • Michael Renetzky

    Corporate Officer · 5% · since 2004

Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners, as of May 2026.

Federal inspection record

41 health citations on file1 immediate-jeopardy finding16 from complaints3 federal fines totalling $88K1 payment denial

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Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 41)

  • D0745·Nov 15, 2025Complaint

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

    Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.

  • D0689·Nov 15, 2025Complaint

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

    Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

  • D0880·Jun 27, 2025Complaint

    Infection Control Deficiencies

    Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

  • G0689·May 8, 2025Complaint

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

    Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

  • D0677·May 8, 2025Complaint

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

    Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.

  • D0585·May 8, 2025Complaint

    Resident Rights Deficiencies

    Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.

  • D0580·May 8, 2025Complaint

    Resident Rights Deficiencies

    Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.

  • D0849·Feb 28, 2025Complaint

    Administration Deficiencies

    Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.

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Federal penalties

By year

  • 20243 fines · $88K · 1 payment denial

Most recent events

  • Dec 20, 2024Fine · $39K
  • Jun 20, 2024Fine · $21K
  • Jan 11, 2024Payment denial · 10 days · starting Feb 6, 2024
  • Jan 11, 2024Fine · $28K

Largest single fine on record: $39K.

Fire-safety citations

14 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Feb 28, 2025. Fire-safety inspections cover building-level Life Safety Code compliance, separate from the resident-care health survey.

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Health Deficiencies, Fire Safety Deficiencies, and Penalties datasets, snapshot Jun 1, 2026.

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Where this information comes from

  • Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.

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