Mason City Area Nursing Home is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1989-05-30. 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 (217) 482-5022 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Mason City Area Nursing Home 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 (2★), 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 54.2/100, placing it #13416 of 14703 facilities nationally and #440 of 668 in Illinois. 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 Mason City Area Nursing Home receives a reported average of 3 hours 19 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 31 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 42 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 7 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 2 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 2 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 52.5%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 5 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $90,837. 15 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 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 192.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Mason City Area Nursing Home ranks 13416th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 54.2/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within IL, it ranks 440th out of 668 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #10,847 nationally and RN hours rank #8,405 nationally (#417 in IL). Our composite quality score of 54.2/100 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 Mason City, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/illinois/mason-city/