Accura Healthcare Of Creston is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1996-06-21. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (641) 782-5012 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Accura Healthcare Of Creston holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 2 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (3★), and Quality of Resident Care (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 62.6/100, placing it #11216 of 14703 facilities nationally and #284 of 390 in Iowa. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Accura Healthcare Of Creston receives a reported average of 4 hours 26 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 58 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 48 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 40 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 34 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $16,801. 21 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. There were 1 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $16,801, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 70.5 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Accura Healthcare Of Creston ranks 11216th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 62.6/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within IA, it ranks 284th out of 390 nursing homes. In Creston, it ranks 2nd out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,641 nationally and RN hours rank #2,206 nationally (#61 in IA). Our composite quality score of 62.6/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Creston, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/iowa/creston/