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Hallmark Care Center
215 Highway 30 SW, Mount Vernon, IA 52314 (opens Google Maps) · Linn County · (319) 895-8891· 55 certified beds · avg 41 residents/day · certified since Jun 1, 1997 · Medicare and Medicaid certified
Certified for both programmes. Certification means the facility can bill Medicaid — it does not mean a Medicaid-funded bed is free right now, so ask directly. Who pays for nursing home care →
Part of chain: LEGACY HEALTHCARE (89 facilities, chain avg rating 2.9★)
2/5
Health inspection rating (on-site)
inspected Apr 9, 2026
0
Serious findings on record
$0
Fines, last 3 years
4.39
Nurse hours/resident/day (adjusted)
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What health inspectors found (on-site government inspections — the most independent evidence available)
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Health inspection rating: ★★☆☆☆2/5 · CMS overall rating: 2/5 · how star ratings work →
The health inspection star above is graded on a curve within each state — a set share of each state's facilities gets each star level — so a facility can have few citations and still rate 2–3 stars if others in its state did even better. The overall rating combines that inspection score with staffing and quality measures from resident assessments and claims.
Inspection findings in the public record
Showing the latest 3 of 18 inspection findings. Open the full record below to read every finding.
The facility did not make sure residents were fully informed about their own health, care, and treatments in a way they could understand. F-0552
The facility did not accurately assess a resident's health and needs. Assessments are the foundation for all the care a resident receives. F-0641
The facility did not develop and follow policies and procedures for offering residents flu and pneumonia vaccinations. F-0883
View all 18 inspection findingsShow only the latest 3 findings
CMS publishes roughly the last three inspection cycles plus recent complaint investigations. Older surveys drop out of the record as new ones are completed — that window is CMS's, not ours. Within it, every citation CMS publishes for this facility is listed here: none excluded.
| Date | Severity | What the facility was cited for |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 2026 | E · Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern | The facility did not make sure residents were fully informed about their own health, care, and treatments in a way they could understand. · F-0552 |
| Apr 9, 2026 | E · Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern | The facility did not accurately assess a resident's health and needs. Assessments are the foundation for all the care a resident receives. · F-0641 |
| Apr 9, 2026 | E · Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern | The facility did not develop and follow policies and procedures for offering residents flu and pneumonia vaccinations. · F-0883 |
| Apr 9, 2026 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not give residents proper notice about what Medicare or Medicaid covers, or about charges the resident might owe for services that aren't covered. · F-0582 |
| Apr 9, 2026 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not provide required paperwork or notices about a resident's needs, their right to appeal a transfer or discharge, or the facility's bed-hold policy (how long a bed is saved during a hospital stay). · F-0628 |
| Apr 9, 2026 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not coordinate resident assessments with the state's pre-admission screening program for mental illness and intellectual disabilities, or failed to refer residents for the special services they need. · F-0644 |
| Apr 9, 2026 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not develop a resident's complete plan of care within 7 days of the full assessment, or the plan wasn't prepared, reviewed, and updated by a team of health professionals as required. · F-0657 |
| Apr 9, 2026 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not provide treatment and care that follows the doctor's orders and matches the resident's own preferences and goals. · F-0684 |
| Apr 9, 2026 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not have a written plan describing how it runs its quality improvement program — the ongoing process of finding problems in care and fixing them. · F-0865 |
| Apr 9, 2026 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility's quality committee — the internal group responsible for finding and fixing care problems — did not have the required members or did not meet at least every three months. · F-0868 |
| Apr 9, 2026 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not educate residents and staff about COVID-19 vaccination, offer the vaccine to those eligible after that education, or properly document everyone's vaccination status. · F-0887 |
| Mar 20, 2025 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not coordinate resident assessments with the state's pre-admission screening program for mental illness and intellectual disabilities, or failed to refer residents for the special services they need. · F-0644 |
| Mar 20, 2025 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not provide safe and appropriate pain management for a resident who needed it. · F-0697 |
| Mar 20, 2025 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not provide care that took into account residents' past trauma or their cultural backgrounds. Care is supposed to be sensitive to what residents have lived through and where they come from. · F-0699 |
| Mar 20, 2025 | B · Potential for minimal harm, pattern | The facility did not give the resident or their representative written notice of how long it would hold the resident's bed during a hospital stay or approved leave. · F-0625 |
| Mar 20, 2025 | B · Potential for minimal harm, pattern | The facility did not enter each resident's assessment information into the required format and send it to the state within 7 days of completing the assessment, as the rules require. · F-0640 |
| May 22, 2024 | E · Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern | The facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. · from a complaint · F-0812 |
| May 22, 2024 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not coordinate resident assessments with the state's pre-admission screening program for mental illness and intellectual disabilities, or failed to refer residents for the special services they need. · from a complaint · F-0644 |
Inspection trend by year
Citations from standard inspections increased between the last two inspection cycles (5 → 11).
All citationsSerious citations (G–L)
2024
All citations: 2
Serious citations (G–L): 0
2025
All citations: 5
Serious citations (G–L): 0
2026
All citations: 11
Serious citations (G–L): 0
All bars start at zero. Exact values and supporting details remain below.
| Year | Citations | Serious (G–L) | Worst severity that year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | E |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | D |
| 2026 | 11 | 0 | E |
Counts reflect the current CMS public record (~3 inspection cycles plus complaint investigations); years with no surveys show no row. Inspection frequency varies, so compare severity as well as counts.
Fines and enforcement (last 3 years)
Nurse staffing (from payroll records, adjusted for how much care residents need)
What these staffing numbers mean →
This facilityIowa averageU.S. average
Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day)
This facility: 4.39
Iowa average: 4.37
U.S. average: 3.95
Registered Nurse hours
This facility: 0.72
Iowa average: 0.85
U.S. average: 0.69
Weekend total nurse staffing
This facility: 3.96
Iowa average: 3.86
U.S. average: 3.50
All bars start at zero. Exact values and supporting details remain below.
| Measure | This facility | Iowa avg | U.S. avg | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day) | 4.39 | 4.37 | 3.95 | top 44% in Iowa; top 26% in the U.S. |
| Registered Nurse hours | 0.72 | 0.85 | 0.69 | bottom 39% in Iowa; top 34% in the U.S. |
| Weekend total nurse staffing | 3.96 | 3.86 | 3.50 | top 41% in Iowa; top 24% in the U.S. |
| Weekend RN hours (not acuity-adjusted) | 0.43 | 0.51 | 0.48 | bottom 44% in Iowa; top 42% in the U.S. |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | — | 44.0 | 45.8 | — |
| RN turnover (%) | — | 42.1 | 42.9 | — |
Hours are per resident per day for the most recent quarter of payroll data in this CMS release (2026-08-01) — the same quarter for every facility — case-mix adjusted by CMS so facilities caring for sicker residents can be compared fairly (same basis as the CMS staffing star). "Top X%" means better than most facilities: more staffing hours, or lower turnover. Raw (unadjusted) reported hours: total 3.73, RN 0.61, weekend 3.37.Comparing with Medicare Care Compare? Care Compare shows the raw figure (3.73 here, displayed there as hours and minutes), not the adjusted one above. Both are correct; they answer different questions. Staffing rating: 3/5.
Quality measures: assessments & claims
Note: CMS combines facility-reported resident assessments (MDS) with claims-based measures. These are different sources from on-site inspection findings. Read the measures alongside inspection and staffing records; a high QM rating does not establish that a home is safe.
Quality measures rating: 3/5 · long-stay residents: 3/5 · short-stay residents: —/5
Costs & payment
Price evidence · separate from quality
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Who owns this facility
How to read ownership records →
Ownership records as published by CMS on 2026-08-01. CMS records when an owner joined but not when they left. Listed here and no longer involved? Tell us →
For profit - Limited Liability company
| Owner / manager | Type | Role | Stake | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doros Generation Trust U/A/D 1/3/12 | Organization | Indirect Ownership Interest | NOT APPLICABLE | 08/15/2024 |
| GPN Family Trust U/A/D 4/28/08 | Organization | Indirect Ownership Interest | NOT APPLICABLE | 08/15/2024 |
| Iowa Portfolio Opco Holdings LLC | Organization | Direct Ownership Interest | NOT APPLICABLE | 08/15/2024 |
| Oakway Operations LLC | Organization | Indirect Ownership Interest | NOT APPLICABLE | 08/15/2024 |
| Beasley, Karla | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 08/15/2024 |
| Beasley, Karla | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 08/15/2024 |
| Behounek, Linsey | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 08/15/2024 |
| Behounek, Linsey | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 08/15/2024 |
| Borcherding, Jenny | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 08/15/2024 |
| Borcherding, Jenny | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 08/15/2024 |
| Burken, Sheri | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 08/15/2024 |
| Burken, Sheri | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 08/15/2024 |
| Cascade Capital Holdings LLC | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 05/06/2025 |
| Cascade Capital Partners LLC | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 05/06/2025 |
| CCG Gorgona LLC | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 05/06/2025 |
| Friedenberg, Laura | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 08/15/2024 |
| Friedenberg, Laura | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 08/15/2024 |
| Friedman, Brian | Individual | Trustee of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 08/15/2024 |
| Gorgona Holdco LLC | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 05/06/2025 |
| Gorgona Propco Holdings LLC | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 05/06/2025 |
Showing 20 of 74 parties CMS has on file for this facility; 54 are not displayed. The full list is in the CMS Ownership dataset.
Other facilities in the same chain
CMS lists this facility under the chain Legacy Healthcare — 89 facilities in the current records. Chain membership says who operates these homes. It says nothing about how any individual one of them was inspected; each has its own record.
- Harmony Cedar Rapids — Cedar Rapids, IA · overall 1/5
- Harmony Davenport — Davenport, IA · overall 2/5
- Harmony Dubuque — Dubuque, IA · overall 2/5
- Harmony House Health Care Center — Waterloo, IA · overall 1/5SFF
- Harmony Marshalltown — Marshalltown, IA · overall 1/5
- Harmony Utica Ridge — Davenport, IA · overall 2/5
- Harmony Waterloo — Waterloo, IA · overall 1/5abuse
- Harmony West Des Moines — West Des Moines, IA · overall 1/5
Listed by state, then facility name — not a ranking. Showing 8 of the 88 others, continuing from this facility's own place in that list.
Questions to ask on your visit
Generated from this facility's actual citation record — bring them to a tour and ask the administrator directly.
- "How do you explain health changes and treatment options to residents and their families?"
- "Who completes resident assessments here, and how do you check them for accuracy?"
- "What percentage of your residents and staff are vaccinated against flu and pneumonia, and how do you offer the vaccines?"
- "Before any service that isn't covered by Medicare or Medicaid, how will you notify us and get our agreement?"
- "What written notices do we get before any transfer or discharge, and what is your bed-hold policy?"
- "How do you identify and arrange specialized services for residents with mental health conditions or disabilities?"
- "Who is on the team that builds each resident's care plan, and how quickly is it in place after admission?"
- "How do you make sure each resident's care follows the doctor's orders, and what changed after this citation?"
Also worth asking anywhere
- "What is your current ratio of nursing staff to residents on day, evening, and weekend shifts?"
- "Can I see the plan of correction for the findings in your most recent state inspection?"
- "The ownership record on file lists 74 owning or managing parties — who makes the decisions about staffing levels?"
- "Can I visit again unannounced, at a mealtime or on a weekend?"
Nearby facilities (12 closest of 28 within 20 miles)
| Facility | Distance | City | Overall | Inspection | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rehabilitation Center of Lisbon | 1.6 mi | Lisbon, IA | ★★★★☆ | 4/5 | |
| Solon Nursing Care Center | 8.6 mi | Solon, IA | ★★★★★ | 5/5 | |
| Mechanicsville Specialty Care | 8.8 mi | Mechanicsville, IA | ★★★★★ | 4/5 | |
| Silver Oak Nursing and Rehabilitation Center LLC | 11.2 mi | Marion, IA | ★☆☆☆☆ | 1/5 | |
| Linn Manor Care Center | 11.6 mi | Marion, IA | ★★☆☆☆ | 2/5 | |
| Cottage Grove Place | 12.3 mi | Cedar Rapids, IA | ★☆☆☆☆ | 1/5 | |
| Oakview Nursing & Rehablitation - Marion | 12.3 mi | Marion, IA | ★★★★☆ | 4/5 | |
| Harmony Cedar Rapids | 12.4 mi | Cedar Rapids, IA | ★☆☆☆☆ | 1/5 | |
| Living Center West | 12.8 mi | Cedar Rapids, IA | ★★☆☆☆ | 2/5 | |
| Winslow House Care Center | 12.8 mi | Marion, IA | ★★☆☆☆ | 2/5 | |
| Terrace Glen Village | 13.7 mi | Marion, IA | ★★★★★ | 4/5 | |
| St Luke's Helen G Nassif Transitional Care Center | 14.6 mi | Cedar Rapids, IA | ★★★★★ | 4/5 |
Compare this facility with the 3 closest →
Other facilities in the same county
CMS records place this facility in Linn, IA — 18 certified facilities there. These are outside the 20-mile list above, or far enough down it not to appear.
- Heritage Specialty Care — Cedar Rapids, IA · overall 1/5
- Hiawatha Care Center — Hiawatha, IA · overall 3/5
- Meth-Wick Health Center — Cedar Rapids, IA · overall 5/5
- Northbrook Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center — Cedar Rapids, IA · overall 1/5
Listed by facility name — not a ranking. Homes already in the table above are not repeated here.
Facility data as of CMS processing date 2026-08-01. CCN 165333.
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