Heritage Care And Rehabilitation Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Heritage Care And Rehabilitation Center is a 71-bed for-profit nursing home in Mason City, Iowa, part of Legacy Healthcare. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.23 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 11% below the Iowa average of 2.51.
Heritage Care And Rehabilitation Center
501 South Kentucky AveMason City, IA 50401
Cerro Gordo 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 Heritage Care And Rehabilitation Center, nurse aides logged 2.23 hours per resident per day, 11% below the Iowa average. With about 63 residents a day, that works out to roughly 140 aide hours a day, or about 18 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 17% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Iowa avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.23 | 2.51 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.77 | 0.56 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.34 | 0.74 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.33 | 3.82 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.77 | 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 Heritage Care And Rehabilitation 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 Aug 14, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 5 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. Heritage Care And Rehabilitation Center holds 2 of 5 overall; the Iowa average is 3.1.
About Heritage Care And Rehabilitation Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Legacy Healthcare, 89 homes
- Legal name: Mason City Ia Skilled Nursing Facility LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Oct 1, 1997
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Heritage Care And Rehabilitation Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Good Shepherd Health Center Mason City | 0.8 | 170 | 2.59 | 3.65 | 68.7% | 1 | $87,458 |
| I O O F Home and Community Therapy Center Mason City | 2.0 | 82 | 3.02 | 4.42 | 20.0% | 1 | $8,984 |
| Nora Springs Care Center Nora Springs | 8.3 | 50 | 2.03 | 3.11 | 40.4% | 4 | None |
| Manly Specialty Care Manly | 9.5 | 44 | 2.38 | 3.60 | 27.0% | 3 | $13,627 |
| Oakwood Care Center Clear Lake | 10.6 | 76 | 2.38 | 3.42 | 40.3% | 3 | None |
| Rockwell Community Nursing Home Rockwell | 11.0 | 40 | 2.39 | 4.38 | 47.1% | 5 | None |
| Sheffield Care Center Sheffield | 17.8 | 45 | 2.89 | 3.79 | 36.1% | 2 | None |
| Osage Rehab and Health Care Center Osage | 20.5 | 46 | 1.68 | 3.06 | 56.3% | 1 | $14,433 |
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.