Skilled nursing facility · CMS certified · CCN 16E050

Buchanan County Health Center

1600 First Street East, Independence, IA 50644 · Buchanan County · one of 388 skilled nursing facilities in Iowa

certified beds

5 / 5

overall rating

Government

ownership type

over 85%

occupancy band

1.06

case mix, 0.75x the Iowa average

Quality and staffing

CMS Care Compare · Jul 2026

Overall rating5 / 5 · state 3.1

Health inspection4 / 5 · state 2.9

Staffing5 / 5 · state 3.5

RN hours per resident per day1.22 · state 0.73

Overall rating, last 8 quarters

up 1 star over the 8 quarters shown

Surveys and enforcement

public record

Mar 2025

last standard survey

deficiencies cited · Iowa avg 9.1

$4,011

fines, last 3 years

part of a chain

Medicaid in Iowa

state rate files

$306

median daily rate across the Iowa buildings in our rate book, Jan 2026 file

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Buchanan County

buildingbedsoverallBuchanan County Health Center395 / 5Rehabilitation Centers of Independence West Campus703 / 5

All Iowa buildings in Buchanan County ›

Iowa at a glance

388

buildings

25,198

licensed beds

80%

occupancy

54%

for-profit

Iowa market intelligence report ›

The neighborhood

Nearby skilled nursing

buildingbedsoveralloccupancyRehabilitation Centers of Independence West CampusIndependence · 0.2 mi703 / 570-85%Oelwein Health Care CenterOelwein · 14.0 mi613 / 570-85%Grandview Healthcare CenterOelwein · 14.1 mi724 / 570-85%Laporte City Specialty CareLa Porte City · 20.2 mi464 / 5over 85%Virginia Gay Nursing & Rehab, LLCVinton · 21.6 mi405 / 570-85%Good Neighbor HomeManchester · 22.3 mi1123 / 570-85%

Public record only, the map and the list carry the same facts, and neither names an owner.