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Lantern Park Specialty Care
0.00 reviews · 0 verifiedCoralville, IALic. 165214
JKLRecent citation with immediate-jeopardy / high severity (J/K/L)Source: CMS Health Citations
FINECMS fine: $62,595Source: CMS Penalties
DENYCMS payment denial (14 days)Source: CMS Penalties
VBP-SLow SNF VBP readmission measure score (3.0)Source: CMS SNF VBP (PDC)
Provided by facility
Lantern Park Specialty Care, located in Coralville, IA, is a licensed facility providing quality care for up to 90 residents around the clock. As part of Care Initiatives, Iowa's largest nonprofit provider of skilled nursing, hospice, assisted living, independent living, and memory care, Lantern Park focuses on enhancing residents' quality of life through engaging activities and services. The facility offers long-term and short-term care options, including rehabilitation services, in a supportive, home-like environment.
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Medicare overall
1/5Medicare.gov Care Compare stars are shown for context only. They are never part of the Unbeatable composite score.
Staffing (PBJ)
3.03 total HPRDRN 0.53 · weekend 95%Oct 2025 – Dec 2025
Survey history
11 inspections59 deficiencies on record
Federal IDs
CCN 165214
Overall: 1/5 · Health: 2/5 · Staffing: 3/5 · QM: 1/5
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Recent inspections
Fire safetyJul 2025 · STATE FIRE MARSHAL2 deficiencies
- K-343SS F — Have a fire alarm with audible and visual signals that transmits the alarm automatically to notify emergency forces in event of fire.
- K-363SS F — Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
Health surveyJul 2025 · CMS7 deficiencies
- F-552SS D — Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- F-637SS D — Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition
- F-638SS D — Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.
- F-677SS D — Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- F-695SS D — Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- F-699SS D — Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
- F-725SS D — Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Health surveyOct 2024 · CMS3 deficiencies
- F-610SS D — Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
- F-658SS D — Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- F-760SS E — Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Health surveySep 2024 · CMS1 deficiencies
- F-677SS D — Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Health surveySep 2024 · CMS3 deficiencies
- F-656SS D — Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- F-676SS D — Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
- F-689SS G — Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Fire safetyAug 2024 · STATE FIRE MARSHAL6 deficiencies
- E-36SS F — Establish emergency prep training and testing.
- E-37SS F — Establish staff and initial training requirements.
- E-4SS F — Develop and maintain an Emergency Preparedness Program (EP).
- K-324SS F — Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
- K-353SS F — Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
- K-712SS F — Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.
Health surveyAug 2024 · CMS4 deficiencies
- F-550SS E — Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- F-552SS D — Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- F-644SS B — Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
- F-851SS D — Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data.
Health surveyMay 2024 · CMS2 deficiencies
- F-684SS D — Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- F-689SS G — Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Health surveyMar 2024 · CMS7 deficiencies
- F-609SS D — Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- F-610SS D — Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
- F-677SS D — Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- F-686SS D — Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
- F-690SS D — Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
- F-755SS D — Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- F-812SS E — Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Fire safetyMay 2023 · STATE FIRE MARSHAL4 deficiencies
- K-324SS F — Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
- K-353SS F — Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
- K-363SS E — Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
- K-918SS F — Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
Health surveyMay 2023 · CMS20 deficiencies
- F-578SS D — Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
- F-583SS E — Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
- F-623SS D — Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
- F-676SS D — Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
- F-679SS D — Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
- F-686SS J — Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
- F-689SS D — Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- F-726SS G — 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.
- F-730SS D — Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
- F-756SS D — Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
- F-759SS D — Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- F-760SS G — Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- F-761SS E — Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
- F-812SS F — Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- F-838SS C — Conduct and document a facility-wide assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for residents competently during both day-to-day operations (including nights and weekends) and emergencies.
- F-865SS F — Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.
- F-867SS F — Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
- F-880SS F — Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- F-881SS F — Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
- F-944SS E — Conduct mandatory training, for all staff, on the facility’s Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Program.
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Operated by CARE INITIATIVES (nonprofit) since 1994.
- Mar 2014
operator transition — CARE INITIATIVES
5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST (100%) — CARE INITIATIVES
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Write a review2200 Oakdale Road
Coralville, IA 52241