Keystone Nursing Care Center INC
Nursing home in Keystone, Iowa, CMS certification number 165604
250 Fifth Street, Keystone, IA 52249 · Benton County
- CMS overall rating
- 5 of 5 stars
- Certified beds
- 55
- Certified for
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Last standard inspection
- September 11, 2025
- Deficiencies at that inspection
- 0
- Fines in 3 years
- No fines
Does Keystone Nursing Care Center INC take Medicare and Medicaid?
Yes to both. Keystone Nursing Care Center is certified for Medicare and Medicaid. Medicare can pay for a short skilled stay after a qualifying hospital stay; Medicaid can pay for long-term care once you qualify.
Certification isn't a promise of an open bed. Ask how many Medicaid beds it has free and whether it keeps residents who move from Medicare to Medicaid. Our guide explains what Medicare pays for.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every certified nursing home from 1 to 5 stars. The overall rating starts from health inspections, then moves up or down for staffing and quality. These come from the CMS Provider Information, October 2026 release.
| Measure | CMS stars |
|---|---|
| Overall | 5 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 5 of 5 |
| Staffing | 1 of 5 |
| Quality of resident care | 5 of 5 |
| Long-stay quality | 5 of 5 |
| Short-stay quality | Not rated |
Nurse staffing hours and turnover
These are the hours Keystone Nursing Care Center reported to CMS, split across residents and days. More hours per resident usually means more hands at the bedside.
- Nursing staff turnover
- 43.6%
- Registered nurse turnover
- 57.1%
- Administrators who left
- 0
Health inspections and complaints
Inspectors last made a standard visit on September 11, 2025 and cited 0 deficiencies, plus 0 from complaint visits.
The visit before, on September 19, 2024, found 0.
Read every citation on the CMS Care Compare page.
Fines and payment denials
CMS lists no fines for Keystone Nursing Care Center in the past 3 years.
Beds and residents
On an average day 42.7 residents live here, about 78% of its 55 certified beds.
- Certified beds
- 55
- Average residents per day
- 42.7
- Certified since
- July 17, 2012
- Part of a continuing care community
- Yes
- Resident or family council
- Resident
Who owns Keystone Nursing Care Center INC
- Legal business name
- Keystone Nursing Care Center Inc
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
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Who inspects nursing homes in Iowa
Iowa's state survey agency licenses nursing homes and carries out the federal inspections for CMS. A home must keep its state licence and meet the federal rules to take Medicare or Medicaid.
Compare all nursing homes in Iowa, or see how assisted living and nursing homes differ.
Is this your facility?
If you run Keystone Nursing Care Center INC, email contact@assistedlivingaccess.com from your work address. We can add your own rates, photos and contact details next to the state record, or take the listing down.
Questions about Keystone Nursing Care Center
What is the CMS star rating of Keystone Nursing Care Center INC?
5 out of 5 stars overall.
Does Keystone Nursing Care Center INC accept Medicaid?
Yes, it is Medicaid certified.
What did inspectors find at Keystone Nursing Care Center INC?
0 cited at the last standard visit.
Who owns Keystone Nursing Care Center INC?
Keystone Nursing Care Center Inc, for profit - corporation.
From the federal record: CMS Care Compare and the CMS Provider Information dataset, October 2026 release.