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St. Luke's Regional Medical Center SNF

801 Fifth Street, Sioux City, IA 51102 · Woodbury County · (712) 279-5697

20 certified beds, about 7 residents a day · Non profit - Corporation · Medicare and Medicaid since 2017

Ownership changed in the last 12 months Inside a hospital Certified for Medicaid Certified for Medicare
Overall
5 of 5
Health inspections
5 of 5
Staffing
4 of 5
Quality measures
4 of 5

CMS Care Compare ratings, data as of September 1, 2026 · CCN 165620 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes

The record in brief

At its most recent standard inspection, on July 17, 2025, inspectors cited 0 health deficiencies (the Iowa average is 6.5, the national average 9.2).

None of its 3 health citations since January 2024 was rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy.

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

Nurses and nurse aides worked 10.85 hours per resident per day, against 3.82 across Iowa and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 3.32 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 3 health citations on file.

Severity
Isolated
Pattern
Widespread
Immediate jeopardy
0J
0K
0L
Actual harm
0G
0H
0I
Potential for more than minimal harm
1D
0E
2F
Potential for minimal harm
0A
0B
0C
July 17, 2025Standard inspection · 0 citations
August 8, 2024Standard inspection · 0 citations
January 18, 2024Standard inspection · 3 citations
  1. F
    Inform resident or representatives choice to enter into binding arbitration agreement and right to refuse.
    F847 · Administration · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespread · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) February 13, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on record review, staff and resident interview, the facility failed to ensure a binding arbitration agreement consisted of key factors necessary for compliance for 8 of 8 residents in the facility (Resident #1, #2. #3, #4, #107, #108, #109, and #111).
  2. F
    Provide a neutral and fair arbitration process and agree to arbitrator and venue.
    F848 · Administration · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespread · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) February 13, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on record review, staff and resident interview, the facility failed to ensure a binding arbitration agreement consisted of key factors necessary for compliance for 8 of 8 residents in the facility (Resident #1, #2. #3, #4, #107, #108, #109, and #111).
  3. D
    Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
    F880 · Infection Control · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) February 13, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, policy review, and staff interview the facility failed to provide follow infection prevention practices when providing personal care, catheter care, and wound care 2 of 2 residents reviewed (Resident #3 and #111). While completing wound management and incontinence care, the facility failed to complete hand hygiene between gloves and failed to keep clean items clean. While providing care, the staff failed to use clean hands to get clean wash cloths for incontinence.

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)10.853.823.86
Registered nurses3.320.740.69
All nursing staff on weekends10.103.373.42
Nurse aides5.16
Licensed practical nurses2.38
Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year)not reported44.0%45.8%
Registered nurse turnovernot reported42.1%42.9%
Administrators who leftnot reported

CMS expects 3.69 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 11.14 on weekdays and 10.10 on weekends, 9% lower on weekends (nationally, weekends ran 15% lower). Contract or agency staff worked 0.9% of nursing hours, against 5.3% nationally.

QuarterAll nursing staffRegistered nursesWeekdaysWeekendsContract staff shareDays with no RN hoursResidents a day
Jan to Mar 202610.853.3211.1410.10 0.9%0 of 907
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 short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication
Short Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
1.22.11.6
Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
20.420.923.8
Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
18.513.212.0

Short-term rehab results

For a stay to recover after a hospital visit, these are the results CMS publishes for St. Luke's Regional Medical Center SNF's Medicare short-stay residents. On returning residents home or to the community, CMS rates it better than the national rate (75.7% of residents, after adjusting for how sick they were). How to read these, and what Medicare pays for.

Went home or back to the community

75.7% this home

Better than the national rate

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. 118 eligible stays.

Potentially preventable readmissions

10.4% 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. 135 eligible stays.

Infections that led to a hospital stay

5.6% this home

No different from the national rate

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. 66 eligible stays.

Self-care and mobility at discharge

59.1% this home

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. 44 residents counted.

Falls with major injury

0.0% 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. 57 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. 57 residents counted.

Medication list given at discharge

100.0% this home

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. 40 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: NORTHWEST IOWA HOSPITAL CORPORATION.

NameRoleTypeShareSince
Beaulieu, ReneeCorporate directorIndividual01/01/2020
Bullock, DennisCorporate directorIndividual01/01/2019
Crone, MichaelCorporate directorIndividual01/01/2018
Dewald, HannahCorporate directorIndividual01/01/2021
James, AngeloCorporate directorIndividual01/01/2022
Palmer, JamesCorporate directorIndividual01/01/2017
Smith, GarrettCorporate directorIndividual01/01/2008
Trejo, BethCorporate directorIndividual01/01/2021
Wolfe, CharlesCorporate directorIndividual01/01/2022
Arnold, JaneCorporate officerIndividual12/01/2015
Knapp, LeahCorporate officerIndividual09/10/2023
Palmer, JamesCorporate officerIndividual01/01/2019
Iowa Health SystemOperational/managerial controlOrganization08/01/1996
St. Luke's Health System, Inc.Operational/managerial controlOrganization05/05/2015
Trinity Continuing Care ServicesOperational/managerial controlOrganization09/01/2025
Arnold, JaneOperational/managerial controlIndividual06/19/2000
Choquette, HollyOperational/managerial controlIndividual09/01/2025
Drew, CaraOperational/managerial controlIndividual09/01/2025
Knapp, LeahOperational/managerial controlIndividual09/10/2023
Lindley, WendyOperational/managerial controlIndividual04/16/2017
Sayler, RobertOperational/managerial controlIndividual09/01/2025
Kizer, ScottIndividual is an owner, partner or trustee of any ADP of the SNFIndividual08/24/2025
Trinity Continuing Care ServicesAdp of the SNFOrganization09/24/2025
Arnold, JaneAdp of the SNFIndividual07/01/2025
Choquette, HollyAdp of the SNFIndividual09/01/2025
Drew, CaraAdp of the SNFIndividual09/01/2025
Knapp, LeahAdp of the SNFIndividual09/01/2025
Lindley, WendyAdp of the SNFIndividual09/01/2025
Sayler, RobertAdp of the SNFIndividual09/01/2025

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. Who is the administrator and director of nursing, and how long have they been in the job?Inspectors cited 2 problems in this area, most recently on January 18, 2024: "Inform resident or representatives choice to enter into binding arbitration agreement and right to refuse."
  2. What changed in infection control since the last inspection, and who on staff is the infection preventionist?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on January 18, 2024: "Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program."

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Common questions

What is St. Luke's Regional Medical Center SNF's Medicare star rating?
CMS rates St. Luke's Regional Medical Center SNF 5 out of 5 stars overall, with 5 for health inspections, 4 for staffing and 4 for quality measures (CMS data as of September 1, 2026).
How many deficiencies did St. Luke's Regional Medical Center SNF get at its last inspection?
0 health deficiencies at the standard inspection on July 17, 2025. The Iowa average is 6.5.
Has St. Luke's Regional Medical Center SNF been fined?
CMS lists no fines in the last three years.
Does St. Luke's Regional Medical Center SNF 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 St. Luke's Regional Medical Center SNF?
CMS lists 29 owners and managers. Legal business name: NORTHWEST IOWA HOSPITAL CORPORATION.

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