Good Samaritan Society – Forest City is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1994-04-01. 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) 585-2232 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Good Samaritan Society – Forest City 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 (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 63.8/100, placing it #10785 of 14703 facilities nationally and #267 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 Good Samaritan Society – Forest City receives a reported average of 3 hours 17 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 48 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 24 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 5 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 56 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 45.8%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $25,945. 8 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 2 fine(s) totaling $25,945, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 3. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 20.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Good Samaritan Society – Forest City ranks 10785th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 63.8/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within IA, it ranks 267th out of 390 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #11,185 nationally and RN hours rank #3,611 nationally (#122 in IA). Our composite quality score of 63.8/100 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 Forest City, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/iowa/forest-city/