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Scottish Rite Park Inc

2909 Woodland Avenue, Des Moines, IA, 50312

Type
Nursing home
Medicare/Medicaid certified · CCN 165593Continuing-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

Overall5 / 5
Health inspections4 / 5
Staffing5 / 5
Quality measures5 / 5

Facility & Staffing

Ownership
Non profit - Corporation
Certified beds
51 · avg 29 residents/day
Total nursing staff turnover
25%lower than most Iowa nursing homesIowa avg: 44.4% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
RN turnover
30%lower than most Iowa nursing homesIowa avg: 42.9% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare

Enforcement & Citations

Fines (past 3 years)
5 fines · $33,348 total

Medicare certification

CMS Certification Number
165593
Certified beds
51 beds · avg 29 residents/day
Ownership type
Non profit - Corporation
Continuing-care community
Yes

CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026

Ownership & operations

Legal business name
Scottish Rite Park Inc

CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026

Federal ownership record

Non-profitCorporation

Disclosed owners (13 on record)

  • Donald Willis

    Corporate Officer · 11% · since 2024

  • Edward a Erlbacher

    Corporate Director · 11% · since 2024

  • Johna l Gallagher

    W-2 Managing Employee · since 2023

  • Allison Linder

    Corporate Director · 13% · since 2023

  • Susan Elizabeth Scharnberg

    Corporate Officer · 13% · since 2023

  • Michael p Oconner

    Contracted Managing Employee · since 2019

+ 7 additional owners on the federal record.

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

Federal inspection record

8 health citations on file3 from complaints5 federal fines totalling $33K

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

  • D0656·Jun 26, 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.

  • D0640·Jun 26, 2025

    Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

    Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.

  • D0726·Jan 8, 2025Complaint

    Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies

    Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.

  • G0689·Jan 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.

  • G0689·Jul 18, 2024Complaint

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

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

  • D0656·Jul 18, 2024

    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.

  • D0638·Jul 18, 2024

    Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

    Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.

  • E0812·May 10, 2023

    Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies

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

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Federal penalties

By year

  • 20251 fine · $14K
  • 20243 fines · $15K
  • 20231 fine · $4,233

Most recent events

  • Jan 8, 2025Fine · $14K
  • Feb 20, 2024Fine · $3,798
  • Feb 12, 2024Fine · $3,418
  • Jan 22, 2024Fine · $7,976
  • Jul 31, 2023Fine · $4,233

Largest single fine on record: $14K.

Fire-safety citations

22 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Jun 26, 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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