Hallmark Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Hallmark Care Center is a 55-bed for-profit nursing home in Mount Vernon, Iowa, part of Legacy Healthcare. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.62 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 4% above the Iowa average of 2.51.
Hallmark Care Center
215 Highway 30 SWMount Vernon, IA 52314
Linn County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Hallmark Care Center, nurse aides logged 2.62 hours per resident per day, 4% above the Iowa average. With about 41 residents a day, that works out to roughly 106 aide hours a day, or about 13 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 10% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Iowa avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.62 | 2.51 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.50 | 0.56 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.61 | 0.74 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.73 | 3.82 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.37 | 3.37 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
CMS publishes no nursing staff turnover figure for Hallmark Care Center in this release.
CMS note: Staffing data not submitted or not valid for calculating turnover.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 9, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 11 health deficiencies (Iowa average 6.5). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Hallmark Care Center holds 2 of 5 overall; the Iowa average is 3.1.
About Hallmark Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Legacy Healthcare, 89 homes
- Legal name: Mount Vernon Ia Skilled Nursing Facility LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jun 1, 1997
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Hallmark Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Rehabilitation Center of Lisbon Lisbon | 1.7 | 64 | 2.40 | 3.53 | 49.3% | 4 | None |
| Solon Nursing Care Center Solon | 8.6 | 96 | 2.54 | 3.83 | 55.3% | 5 | None |
| Mechanicsville Specialty Care Mechanicsville | 8.8 | 39 | 2.06 | 3.07 | 38.2% | 5 | None |
| Silver Oak Nursing and Rehabilitation Center LLC Marion | 11.2 | 91 | 2.33 | 3.55 | 55.4% | 1 | $29,107 |
| Linn Manor Care Center Marion | 11.6 | 38 | 2.54 | 3.62 | 40.5% | 2 | None |
| Cottage Grove Place Cedar Rapids | 12.3 | 64 | 3.11 | 4.23 | 38.6% | 1 | None |
| Oakview Nursing & Rehablitation - Marion Marion | 12.4 | 40 | 2.45 | 3.95 | 22.5% | 4 | None |
| Harmony Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids | 12.4 | 96 | 2.50 | 3.70 | 74.0% | 1 | $10,509 |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.