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Rehabilitation Center Of Des Moines

701 Riverview, Des Moines, IA, 50316

Type
Nursing home
Medicare/Medicaid certified · CCN 165268

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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

Overall3 / 5
Health inspections2 / 5
Staffing2 / 5
Quality measures5 / 5

Facility & Staffing

Ownership
For profit - Limited Liability company · Chain: The Ensign Group
Certified beds
74 · avg 71 residents/day
Total nursing staff turnover
34.9%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
1 departednear the Iowa averageIowa avg: 0.5 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare

Medicare certification

CMS Certification Number
165268
Certified beds
74 beds · avg 71 residents/day
Ownership type
For profit - Limited Liability company
Continuing-care community
No

CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026

Ownership & operations

Legal business name
Discovery Trail Healthcare, Inc.
Chain affiliation
The Ensign Group

CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026

Federal ownership record

For-profitCorporation

Chain affiliation

Part of the The Ensign Group chain — 338 facilities across 17 states. Chain-wide average overall rating 3.2 / 5.

Disclosed owners (10 on record)

  • Ami Sato

    Corporate Officer · since 2024

  • David Jorgensen

    Corporate Director · since 2024

  • Shipeng Wei

    Operational/managerial Control · since 2023

  • Debra k Koenig

    Corporate Officer · since 2020

  • Elizabeth Hayden

    Operational/managerial Control · since 2017

  • Gateway Healthcare Llc

    Direct Ownership Interest · 100% · since 2017

+ 4 additional owners on the federal record.

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

Federal inspection record

34 health citations on file17 from complaints

Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 34)

  • E0887·Sep 16, 2025

    Infection Control Deficiencies

    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.

  • E0883·Sep 16, 2025

    Infection Control Deficiencies

    Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.

  • D0880·Sep 16, 2025

    Infection Control Deficiencies

    Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

  • D0695·Sep 16, 2025

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

    Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

  • D0692·Sep 16, 2025

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

    Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.

  • D0684·Sep 16, 2025

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

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

  • E0641·Sep 16, 2025

    Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

    Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.

  • D0689·May 7, 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.

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Fire-safety citations

15 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Sep 16, 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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