Mason City Area Nursing Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Mason City Area Nursing Home is a 97-bed nonprofit nursing home in Mason City, Illinois, part of Heritage Operations Group. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.00 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 4% below the Illinois average of 2.09, and 47.7% nursing staff turnover (Illinois average 44.5%).
Mason City Area Nursing Home
520 North Price AvenueMason City, IL 62664
Mason 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 Mason City Area Nursing Home, nurse aides logged 2.00 hours per resident per day, 4% below the Illinois average. With about 67 residents a day, that works out to roughly 134 aide hours a day, or about 17 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 9% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Illinois avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.00 | 2.09 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.69 | 0.64 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.49 | 0.72 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.18 | 3.45 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.90 | 3.08 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
47.7% of nursing staff at Mason City Area Nursing Home left over the year CMS measured, against a Illinois average of 44.5% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 16.7%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Dec 4, 2024. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 5 health deficiencies (Illinois average 12.5). CMS lists 1 fine totaling $160,007 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 2025 | Fine | $160,007 |
CMS Penalties file, August 2026 release. A payment denial stops Medicare and Medicaid payment for new admissions for the days shown.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Mason City Area Nursing Home holds 1 of 5 overall; the Illinois average is 2.5.
About Mason City Area Nursing Home
- Ownership: Non profit - Other
- Chain: Heritage Operations Group, 9 homes
- Legal name: Mason City Area Nursing Home Association, Inc.
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: May 30, 1989
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Mason City Area Nursing Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| St Clara's Rehab & Senior Care Lincoln | 15.6 | 99 | 1.98 | 2.95 | 34.6% | 2 | $65,990 |
| Sunny Acres Nursing Home Petersburg · abuse citation | 16.9 | 99 | 1.86 | 2.96 | 64.9% | 1 | $465,165 |
| Lincoln Village Healthcare Lincoln · abuse citation | 18.0 | 126 | 2.18 | 3.47 | 77.2% | 1 | $335,549 |
| Arcadia Care Havana Havana · SFF candidate · abuse citation | 20.9 | 98 | 2.05 | 3.17 | 57.4% | 1 | $415,888 |
| Villa Health Care East Sherman · staffing data not validated | 21.9 | 109 | — | — | 63.6% | 1 | $90,998 |
| Pekin Manor Pekin | 23.2 | 130 | 3.15 | 4.23 | 51.6% | 4 | $9,110 |
| Hallmark Healthcare of Pekin Pekin | 24.4 | 71 | 1.80 | 3.03 | 56.7% | 1 | $49,745 |
| The H & J Vonderlieth Lvg Ctr Mount Pulaski | 24.6 | 90 | 2.29 | 3.45 | 36.2% | 5 | None |
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.