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English Valley Nursing Care Center

150 West Washington St., North English, IA 52316 · Iowa County · (319) 664-3256

44 certified beds, about 38 residents a day · For profit - Corporation · Medicare and Medicaid since 2002

CMS high performing icon Certified for Medicaid Certified for Medicare
Overall
5 of 5
Health inspections
5 of 5
Staffing
3 of 5
Quality measures
4 of 5

CMS Care Compare ratings, data as of September 1, 2026 · CCN 165456 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes

The record in brief

At its most recent standard inspection, on January 22, 2026, inspectors cited 0 health deficiencies (the Iowa average is 6.5, the national average 9.2).

Of 1 health citation since October 2023, 1 was rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy to residents.

CMS lists no fines against this home in the last three years.

Nurses and nurse aides worked 3.12 hours per resident per day, against 3.82 across Iowa and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 0.68 of those hours.

Health inspections

Federal rules call for a standard inspection at least every 15 months, plus a visit whenever a complaint is filed. Each mark below is one citation, colored by how serious inspectors rated it. How to read a citation.

Under each citation, the quoted text is the inspector's own summary from the federal statement of deficiencies (CMS form 2567), word for word apart from a privacy scrub; CMS removes residents' and staff names before it publishes the text. The full notes are on Medicare.gov.

Potential for minimal harm Potential for more than minimal harm Actual harm Immediate jeopardy Found on a complaint visit

Where its citations fall on CMS's grid

CMS rates every citation by how much harm it caused (rows) and how many residents it touched (columns). The count in each box is this home's, across all 1 health citation on file.

Severity
Isolated
Pattern
Widespread
Immediate jeopardy
0J
0K
0L
Actual harm
1G
0H
0I
Potential for more than minimal harm
0D
0E
0F
Potential for minimal harm
0A
0B
0C
January 22, 2026Standard inspection · 0 citations
November 21, 2024Standard inspection · 0 citations
October 19, 2023Standard inspection, Complaint inspection · 1 citation
  1. G
    Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
    F689 · Quality of Life and Care · Actual harm, isolated · found on a complaint visit · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) November 8, 2023
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, clinical record review, staff interviews, and facility policy review, the facility failed to prevent falls causing major injuries for 3 out of 5 residents reviewed with falls and a history of major injury (Residents #16, #21 and #36). The facility reported a census of 35 residents. Findings Include: 1. The Minimum Data Set (MDS) dated [DATE] identified Resident #36 as severely cognitively impaired with a Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS) score of 7 out of 15 and had the following diagnoses: Chronic Systolic Congestive Heart Failure, Debility, Cardiorespiratory Conditions and Alzheimer's. The MDS documented Resident #36 required extensive staff assistance with bed mobility, transfers, locomotion on the unit, toileting and personal hygiene, and totally dependent on staff for bathing. [...]

Fire safety inspections

9 fire safety citations on file: 3 on January 22, 2026, 3 on November 21, 2024, 3 on October 19, 2023.

Every fire safety citation9 citations
  1. F
    Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
    K 345 · January 22, 2026 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  2. F
    To conduct inspection, testing and maintenance of fire doors by qualified individuals.
    K 761 · January 22, 2026 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  3. F
    Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
    K 918 · January 22, 2026 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  4. F
    Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
    K 918 · November 21, 2024 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  5. E
    Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency.
    K 211 · November 21, 2024 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  6. E
    Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
    K 363 · November 21, 2024 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  7. F
    Properly provide smoke detection systems in areas open to corridors.
    K 347 · October 19, 2023 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  8. F
    Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.
    K 712 · October 19, 2023 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  9. F
    Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
    K 918 · October 19, 2023 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)

Fines and payment denials

CMS lists no fines or payment denials against this home in the last three years. The national average is 0.9 fines per home.

Staffing

Hours of care per resident per day, from the payroll records every home sends CMS. Higher means more staff time with each resident.

MeasureThis homeIowaUnited States
All nursing staff (RN, LPN and aides)3.123.823.86
Registered nurses0.680.740.69
All nursing staff on weekends2.913.373.42
Nurse aides2.01
Licensed practical nurses0.43
Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year)not reported44.0%45.8%
Registered nurse turnovernot reported42.1%42.9%
Administrators who left0

CMS expects 3.09 hours a day for residents as sick as this home's (its case-mix figure). The staffing star compares the two.

Staffing by quarter, from daily payroll records

Every nursing home sends CMS its staff hours for each day (the Payroll Based Journal). Here they are added up by quarter. The latest quarter is the one behind the figures above. In January to March 2026, nursing staff hours per resident were 3.20 on weekdays and 2.91 on weekends, 9% lower on weekends (nationally, weekends ran 15% lower). Contract or agency staff worked 1.2% of nursing hours, against 5.3% nationally. Total nursing hours per resident went from 3.17 in April to June 2025 to 3.12 in January to March 2026.

QuarterAll nursing staffRegistered nursesWeekdaysWeekendsContract staff shareDays with no RN hoursResidents a day
Jan to Mar 20263.120.683.202.91 1.2%0 of 9038
Oct to Dec 20253.180.723.243.01 1.5%0 of 9238
Jul to Sep 20253.020.623.112.80 0.9%0 of 9238
Apr to Jun 20253.170.643.302.86 3.0%0 of 9135
United States, Jan to Mar 20263.750.623.923.335.3%0.5% of days
Iowa, Jan to Mar 20263.800.713.983.364.7%0.3% of days

Hours per resident per day: staff hours in the quarter divided by resident days (the daily census CMS derives from resident assessments). Registered nurses include the director of nursing and RNs with administrative duties; aides include nurse aides in training and medication aides, as in CMS's own staffing measure. How these are calculated.

Staff pay reports

Staff pay at this home

No staff pay figure for this home has passed review yet. A figure appears only after at least 5 reports from at least 3 different people, sent over at least 60 days, have passed review. If you work here, your report helps start one.

Official wage estimates for Iowa

JobMedianMiddle halfEmployed
Iowa, all employers
CNAs (nursing assistants)$18.92$17.96 to $21.9522,670
LPNs and LVNs$30.11$27.12 to $34.065,510
Registered nurses$37.80$32.83 to $41.3234,420
United States, nursing care facilities
CNAs (nursing assistants)$20.67$17.91 to $22.55534,270
LPNs and LVNs$33.86$30.05 to $37.40188,210
Registered nurses$41.11$37.85 to $47.68142,270

Hourly wages; the middle half runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS has no separate estimate for medication aides. These are survey estimates for whole occupations, not figures for any one home.

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How staff pay reports work · CNA pay by state

Quality measures

The measures CMS uses for the quality star. Lower is better for every one of them.

MeasureThis homeIowaUS
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
11.417.113.9
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.01.50.8
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.02.41.6
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
9.73.83.2
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication
Short Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
2.72.11.6
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
12.016.614.1
Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
2.84.24.6
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
17.319.415.4
Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days
Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
2.01.51.9
Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days
Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
2.52.11.8

Short-term rehab results

For a stay to recover after a hospital visit, these are the results CMS publishes for English Valley Nursing Care Center's Medicare short-stay residents. How to read these, and what Medicare pays for.

Went home or back to the community

Not reported

CMS note: The number of residents or resident stays is too small to report. Call the facility to discuss this quality measure.

US median of homes 51.5% · Iowa: 28 better, 21 worse

Rate of successful return to home or community from a SNF (risk-standardized discharge to community rate). Higher is better. October 2022 to September 2024. 23 eligible stays.

Potentially preventable readmissions

11.4% this home

No different from the national rate

US median of homes 10.7% · Iowa: 1 better, 1 worse

Rate of potentially preventable hospital readmissions 30 days after discharge from a SNF (risk-standardized rate). Lower is better. October 2022 to September 2024. 29 eligible stays.

Infections that led to a hospital stay

Not reported

CMS note: The number of residents or resident stays is too small to report. Call the facility to discuss this quality measure.

US median of homes 7.1% · Iowa: 0 better, 0 worse

Percentage of infections residents got during their SNF stay that resulted in hospitalization (risk-standardized rate). Lower is better. October 2023 to September 2024. 13 eligible stays.

Self-care and mobility at discharge

Not reported

CMS note: The number of residents or resident stays is too small to report. Call the facility to discuss this quality measure.

Median of homes: Iowa56.7% · US 56.6%

Percentage of residents who are at or above an expected ability to care for themselves and move around at discharge. Higher is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 17 residents counted.

Falls with major injury

9.5% this home

Median of homes: Iowa0.0% · US 0.0%

Percentage of SNF residents who experience one or more falls with major injury during their SNF stay. Lower is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 21 residents counted.

New or worsened pressure ulcers

0.0% this home

Median of homes: Iowa1.8% · US 1.7%

Percentage of residents with pressure ulcers or pressure injuries that are new or worsened (adjusted rate). Lower is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 21 residents counted.

Medication list given at discharge

Not reported

CMS note: The number of residents or resident stays is too small to report. Call the facility to discuss this quality measure.

Median of homes: Iowa100.0% · US 98.7%

Percentage of residents where the SNF provided a current medication list to the resident, family, and/or caregiver at final discharge. Higher is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 4 residents counted.

Source: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program - Provider Data, released 2026-09-30. Better, no different and worse are CMS's own comparisons with the national rate, after adjusting for how sick residents were. Medians of homes and the state counts are worked out by us from the same file.

Owners and operators

Legal business name: ENGLISH VALLEY NURSING CARE CENTER INC.

NameRoleTypeShareSince
Elwood, MichaelCorporate directorIndividual01/01/1980
Grimm, RaymondCorporate directorIndividual01/01/1975
Grimm, ScottCorporate directorIndividual05/15/2019
Romine, BonnieCorporate directorIndividual10/28/2020
Elwood, MichaelCorporate officerIndividual01/01/1980
Grimm, RaymondCorporate officerIndividual01/01/1975
Grimm, ScottCorporate officerIndividual05/15/2019
Romine, BonnieCorporate officerIndividual10/28/2020
Christianson, ScottOperational/managerial controlIndividual09/01/2022
Custer, ErinOperational/managerial controlIndividual03/22/2010
Maser, FletcherOperational/managerial controlIndividual05/30/2024
Morrision, MeganOperational/managerial controlIndividual05/20/2008
Phelps, BrandonOperational/managerial controlIndividual10/27/2022
Smothers, AmandaOperational/managerial controlIndividual01/13/2025
Tapken, JenniferOperational/managerial controlIndividual11/13/2002
Winn, JalissaOperational/managerial controlIndividual05/20/2025
Anderson Larkin & Co PCAdp of the SNFOrganization01/01/2025
Bcg Holdings IncAdp of the SNFOrganization10/01/2024
Brighton Consulting Group LLCAdp of the SNFOrganization10/01/2024
Cattail Bcg LLCAdp of the SNFOrganization10/01/2024
Cattail IncAdp of the SNFOrganization10/01/2024
Crush It LLPAdp of the SNFOrganization03/01/2021
Ecsi IncAdp of the SNFOrganization10/01/2024
Iowa Health Care AssociationAdp of the SNFOrganization10/01/2024
J Evans Nutrition Consulting LLCAdp of the SNFOrganization10/01/2020
Onr National Speech Pathology IncAdp of the SNFOrganization09/01/2008
Pm Acquisition LLCAdp of the SNFOrganization03/31/2022
Virtuous LTC ConsultingAdp of the SNFOrganization02/29/2020
Christianson, ScottAdp of the SNFIndividual12/05/2025
Kluge, PatriciaAdp of the SNFIndividual01/16/2000
Phelps, BrandonAdp of the SNFIndividual12/05/2025
Winn, JalissaAdp of the SNFIndividual12/05/2025

As listed in the CMS ownership file, which names owners with a 5% or greater stake and the people and companies with operational or managerial control.

Questions to ask on a visit

Chosen from this home's own inspection record.

  1. How do you prevent falls and pressure injuries, and how are families told when one happens?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on October 19, 2023: "Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents."
  2. Who is on the floor on Saturday and Sunday, and how many residents does each aide care for?Weekend nurse staffing here was 2.91 hours per resident per day, below the Iowa average of 3.37.

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Common questions

What is English Valley Nursing Care Center's Medicare star rating?
CMS rates English Valley Nursing Care Center 5 out of 5 stars overall, with 5 for health inspections, 3 for staffing and 4 for quality measures (CMS data as of September 1, 2026).
How many deficiencies did English Valley Nursing Care Center get at its last inspection?
0 health deficiencies at the standard inspection on January 22, 2026. The Iowa average is 6.5.
Has English Valley Nursing Care Center been fined?
CMS lists no fines in the last three years.
Does English Valley Nursing Care Center accept Medicaid?
It is certified to take Medicaid (CMS lists it as "Medicare and Medicaid"). Certification does not mean a Medicaid bed is open: ask the admissions office.
Who owns English Valley Nursing Care Center?
CMS lists 32 owners and managers. Legal business name: ENGLISH VALLEY NURSING CARE CENTER INC.

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