Bethany Lutheran Home
Seven Elliott Street, Council Bluffs, IA, 51503
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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.
CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- Non profit - Other
- Certified beds
- 112 · avg 92 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 35.5% — lower than most Iowa nursing homesIowa avg: 44.4% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 54.5% — higher than most Iowa nursing homesIowa avg: 42.9% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 0 departed — near the Iowa averageIowa avg: 0.5 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 3 fines · $46,914 total
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 165524
- Certified beds
- 112 beds · avg 92 residents/day
- Ownership type
- Non profit - Other
- Continuing-care community
- No
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- Bethany Lutheran Home
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Disclosed owners (13 on record)
- Genevieve Pfitzer
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Julia Brewer
Operational/managerial Control · since 2025
- Diane Carlon
Corporate Officer · since 2025
- Greg Steensland
Corporate Director · since 2025
- John Swalwell
Corporate Officer · since 2025
- Sheryl Guill
Corporate Officer · since 2025
+ 7 additional owners on the federal record.
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners, as of May 2026.
Federal inspection record
Immediate-jeopardy citations (CMS scope/severity J–L) are the most serious category federal inspectors issue — meaning a deficiency placed residents in immediate risk of serious harm. Ask the facility for the corrective-action plan filed with CMS, and consider contacting your state long-term care ombudsman for context.
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 42)
- E0725·Oct 2, 2025Complaint
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
- J0689·Oct 2, 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.
- F0880·Oct 2, 2025
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- D0760·Oct 2, 2025
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- D0658·Oct 2, 2025
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- D0656·Oct 2, 2025
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- D0644·Oct 2, 2025
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
- D0637·Oct 2, 2025
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition
Federal penalties
By year
- 20251 fine · $17K
- 20232 fines · $30K
Most recent events
- Oct 2, 2025Fine · $17K
- Nov 2, 2023Fine · $11K
- Aug 21, 2023Fine · $19K
Largest single fine on record: $19K.
Fire-safety citations
13 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Oct 2, 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.
Facility background report
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- Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.
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