I O O F Home And Community Therapy Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2004-03-01. 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) 423-0428 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

I O O F Home And Community Therapy Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (1★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 52.5/100, placing it #13690 of 14703 facilities nationally and #362 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 I O O F Home And Community Therapy Center receives a reported average of 4 hours 23 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 25 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 58 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 43 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 29.7%. 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 $30,876. 75 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 4 fine(s) totaling $30,876, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 4. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 61.5 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, I O O F Home And Community Therapy Center ranks 13690th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 52.5/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within IA, it ranks 362nd out of 390 nursing homes. In Mason City, it ranks 3rd out of 3 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 3rd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,842 nationally and RN hours rank #10,570 nationally (#341 in IA). Our composite quality score of 52.5/100 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 Mason City, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/iowa/mason-city/