Hubbard Care Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1997-07-01. 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) 864-3264 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Hubbard Care Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (3★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 72.0/100, placing it #7366 of 14703 facilities nationally and #185 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 Hubbard Care Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 42 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 35 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 52 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 15 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 15 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. Total nursing staff turnover is 60.7%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 4 fine(s) totaling $46,101. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 4 fine(s) totaling $46,101, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 4. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 11.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Hubbard Care Center ranks 7366th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 72.0/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within IA, it ranks 185th out of 390 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #7,110 nationally and RN hours rank #6,974 nationally (#235 in IA). Our composite quality score of 72.0/100 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 Hubbard, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/iowa/hubbard/