Mason City Area Nursing Home
520 North Price Avenue, Mason City, IL 62664 · Mason County · 97 certified beds · avg 67 residents/day · certified since May 30, 1989
Part of chain: HERITAGE OPERATIONS GROUP (9 facilities, chain avg rating 2.0★)
What health inspectors found (on-site government inspections — the most independent evidence available)
Health inspection rating: ★★★☆☆3/5 · CMS overall rating: 1/5
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 self-reported quality measures.
Most serious findings (actual harm or immediate jeopardy)
▲ Immediate jeopardy, facility-wide · Mar 11, 2025 · F-0689 · triggered by a complaint
The facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls.
Why it matters: This is one of the most common citations and directly relates to falls and injuries, which can be devastating for older adults.
Severity (L): A life-threatening or extremely dangerous situation existed throughout the facility. The single most serious citation CMS can issue.
Corrected: Mar 12, 2025 (Deficient, Provider has date of correction)
▲ Immediate jeopardy, one-off · Feb 25, 2025 · F-0604 · triggered by a complaint
The facility used physical restraints — devices that limit a resident's movement — when they weren't needed for medical treatment.
Why it matters: Unneeded restraints can cause injuries, muscle loss, and deep emotional distress.
Severity (J): Inspectors found a situation that put a resident's life or safety in immediate danger, affecting one or a few residents. The facility must fix it immediately — these citations often come with large fines.
Corrected: Mar 12, 2025 (Deficient, Provider has date of correction)
▲ Actual harm, one-off · Nov 3, 2022 · F-0686
The facility did not provide proper care for pressure ulcers (bedsores) or did not do enough to prevent new ones from forming. Bedsores develop when residents stay in one position too long without help moving.
Why it matters: Bedsores are painful, can become deeply infected, and in serious cases can be life-threatening.
Severity (G): One or a few residents were actually harmed — physically or emotionally — though not put in immediate danger of serious injury or death.
Corrected: Nov 25, 2022 (Deficient, Provider has date of correction)
All citations in the current public record (18)
CMS publishes roughly the last three inspection cycles plus recent complaint investigations. Older surveys drop out of the record as new ones are completed.
| Date | Severity | What the facility was cited for |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2026 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not protect residents from abuse or neglect. This covers physical, mental, and sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect, by anyone — staff, other residents, or visitors. · from a complaint |
| Jan 26, 2026 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not protect residents from abuse or neglect. This covers physical, mental, and sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect, by anyone — staff, other residents, or visitors. · from a complaint |
| Mar 11, 2025 | ▲ L · Immediate jeopardy, facility-wide | The facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls. · from a complaint |
| Feb 25, 2025 | ▲ J · Immediate jeopardy, one-off | The facility used physical restraints — devices that limit a resident's movement — when they weren't needed for medical treatment. · from a complaint |
| Feb 25, 2025 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not have a registered nurse on duty at least 8 hours a day, or did not have a registered nurse serving full-time as director of nursing. · from a complaint |
| Feb 25, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft to the proper authorities quickly enough, or did not report the results of its investigation. · from a complaint |
| Dec 4, 2024 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not have a registered nurse on duty at least 8 hours a day, or did not have a registered nurse serving full-time as director of nursing. |
| Dec 4, 2024 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not try to gradually reduce doses of mood- and mind-altering medications or use non-drug approaches first, as required, or used 'as needed' psychiatric drugs without proper limits. |
| Dec 4, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not have or follow an effective program to prevent and control infections — such as proper hand washing, cleaning, and isolation practices. This is the most commonly cited deficiency nationwide. |
| Jan 18, 2024 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not give residents reasonable access to and privacy in using ways to communicate, such as phones, mail, and email. Residents have the right to stay in touch with the outside world privately. |
| Jan 18, 2024 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not have a registered nurse on duty at least 8 hours a day, or did not have a registered nurse serving full-time as director of nursing. |
| Jan 18, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft to the proper authorities quickly enough, or did not report the results of its investigation. |
| Jan 18, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not give residents (and their representatives and the ombudsman, a state advocate for residents) proper advance notice before a transfer or discharge, including information about their right to appeal. |
| Jan 18, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | 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. |
| Jan 18, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not honor residents' individual preferences, choices, values, and beliefs in their daily life and care. |
| Jan 18, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls. |
| Nov 3, 2022 | ▲ G · Actual harm, one-off | The facility did not provide proper care for pressure ulcers (bedsores) or did not do enough to prevent new ones from forming. Bedsores develop when residents stay in one position too long without help moving. |
| Nov 3, 2022 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide treatment and care that follows the doctor's orders and matches the resident's own preferences and goals. |
Inspection trend by year
Citations from standard inspections decreased between the last two inspection cycles (7 → 3).
| Year | Citations | Serious (G–L) | Worst severity that year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | G ▲ |
| 2024 | 10 | 0 | F |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | L ▲ |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | D |
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)
1 fine totaling $160,007.
| Date | Type | Amount / length |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 2025 | Fine | $160,007 |
Nurse staffing (from payroll records, adjusted for how much care residents need)
| Measure | This facility | Illinois avg | U.S. avg | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day) | 2.37 | 2.99 | 3.95 | bottom 27% in Illinois; bottom 2% in the U.S. |
| Registered Nurse hours | 0.36 | 0.63 | 0.69 | bottom 27% in Illinois; bottom 17% in the U.S. |
| Weekend total nurse staffing | 2.16 | 2.67 | 3.50 | bottom 31% in Illinois; bottom 3% in the U.S. |
| Weekend RN hours (not acuity-adjusted) | 0.21 | 0.56 | 0.48 | bottom 9% in Illinois; bottom 14% in the U.S. |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 47.7 | 44.5 | 45.8 | bottom 39% in Illinois; bottom 43% in the U.S. |
| RN turnover (%) | 16.7 | 41.8 | 42.9 | top 11% in Illinois; top 9% in the U.S. |
Hours are per resident per day, 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 3.18, RN 0.49, weekend 2.90. Staffing rating: 1/5.
Self-reported quality measures
Note: these ratings are based on data the facility reports about itself to CMS. They are not independently verified by inspectors, and can look better than inspection findings. Give more weight to the inspection results above.
Quality measures rating: 1/5 · long-stay residents: 1/5 · short-stay residents: 1/5
Who owns this facility
Non profit - Other
| Owner / manager | Type | Role | Stake | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curry, Daniel | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 06/11/2022 |
| Dunker, Bonnie | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2005 |
| Griffin, Robert | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 09/07/2016 |
| Hart, Benjamin | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/05/2014 |
| Hart, Steven | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 07/01/2023 |
| Heritage Operations Group, LLC | Organization | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 08/30/2016 |
| Heritage Operations Group, LLC | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/26/2025 |
| Herpstreith, Sharon K | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/01/2024 |
| Hull, Kirbey | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 07/17/2023 |
| Hull, Kirbey | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 07/17/2023 |
| Hull, Kirbey | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/09/2026 |
| Kruse, Kraig | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 09/07/2016 |
| Miller, Kayla | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 04/01/2019 |
| Miller, Kayla | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 04/01/2019 |
| Miller, Kayla | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 04/01/2019 |
| Nunn, Cathy | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2013 |
| Renken, Karen | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 09/07/2016 |
| Sprinkel, Jim | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 09/07/2016 |
| Strader, Patti | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 09/01/2020 |
Questions to ask on your visit
Generated from this facility's actual citation record — bring them to a tour and ask the administrator directly.
- "What is your falls rate, and what specific steps do you take to prevent falls and supervise residents at risk?"
- "What is your policy on physical restraints, and what alternatives do you try first?"
- "How do you prevent bedsores for residents who can't move themselves, and how often are at-risk residents repositioned?"
- "Tell me about this abuse or neglect citation — what happened, and what specific changes did you make afterward?"
- "How many hours a day is a registered nurse physically in the building, including weekends?"
- "When abuse or theft is suspected, who do you notify, how fast, and how do you inform the family?"
- "What is your approach to psychiatric medications — how do you try non-drug options first and work to reduce doses over time?"
- "Who leads your infection prevention program, and how do you make sure staff follow practices like hand hygiene every day?"
- "What is your current ratio of nursing staff to residents on day, evening, and weekend shifts?"
- "Can I see the results and plan of correction from your most recent state inspection?"
Nearby facilities (within 20 miles)
| Facility | Distance | City | Overall | Inspection | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Clara's Rehab & Senior Care | 15.6 mi | Lincoln, IL | ★★☆☆☆ | 3/5 | |
| Sunny Acres Nursing Home | 16.9 mi | Petersburg, IL | ★☆☆☆☆ | 1/5 | abuse |
| Lincoln Village Healthcare | 18.0 mi | Lincoln, IL | ★☆☆☆☆ | 2/5 | abuse |
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Facility data as of CMS processing date 2026-08-01. CCN 145616.