Lake Mills Care Center
406 South Tenth Avenue East, Lake Mills, IA, 50450
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CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation · Chain: Legacy Healthcare
- Certified beds
- 61 · avg 47 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 27.3% — lower than most Iowa nursing homesIowa avg: 44.4% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 1 departed — near the Iowa averageIowa avg: 0.5 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 165366
- Certified beds
- 61 beds · avg 47 residents/day
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Continuing-care community
- No
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- Lake Mills Ia Skilled Nursing Facility Llc
- Chain affiliation
- Legacy Healthcare
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Legacy Healthcare chain — 89 facilities across 3 states. Chain-wide average overall rating 2.9 / 5.
Parent entity
Iowa Portfolio Opco Holdings Llc
Disclosed owners (43 on record)
- Ahuva Shabat
Trustee of The Snf · since 2024
- Amy Wright
Operational/managerial Control · since 2024
- Bobbie Wierschem
Operational/managerial Control · since 2024
- Brian Friedman
Trustee of The Snf · since 2024
- Brittany r Waletzko Bartz
Operational/managerial Control · since 2024
- Cascade Capital Holdings LlcHolding
Adp of The Snf · since 2024
+ 37 additional owners on the federal record.
Recent change of ownership
August 2024 (1 year ago) · acquired from Lake Mills Care Center
Transaction type: Change of Ownership
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Chain Performance Measures + Change of Ownership, as of May 2026.
Federal inspection record
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 6 of 6)
- E0812·Apr 15, 2026
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- G0697·Oct 16, 2025Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
- C0732·Apr 9, 2025
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Post nurse staffing information every day.
- D0686·Apr 9, 2025
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
- D0684·Apr 9, 2025
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- D0656·Apr 9, 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.
Fire-safety citations
10 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Apr 15, 2026. 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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- Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.
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