Southern Hills Specialty Care is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1996-08-09. 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) 342-6061 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Southern Hills Specialty Care holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 71.2/100, placing it #7759 of 14703 facilities nationally and #199 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 Southern Hills Specialty Care receives a reported average of 3 hours 25 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 39 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 33 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 13 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 55 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 31.3%. 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 $36,865. 5 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $36,865, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 30.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Southern Hills Specialty Care ranks 7759th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 71.2/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within IA, it ranks 199th out of 390 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #9,891 nationally and RN hours rank #5,671 nationally (#200 in IA). Our composite quality score of 71.2/100 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 Osceola, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/iowa/osceola/