Federal Nursing-Home Survey Record
Hillcrest Home
Does Hillcrest Home have a federal violation or abuse history?
According to the public federal record on file with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Hillcrest Home (CCN 165502), in Sumner, IA, has federal inspection findings on its record.
In its current inspection cycle, CMS cited the facility for 1 deficiency; the most serious carries scope/severity B on CMS's A–L scale — CMS's "no harm" tier. The most recent federal survey on file is dated 2025-05-15. Citations from earlier inspection cycles appear in the dated timeline below as historical findings, not current ones. This page restates the federal record as published by CMS and draws no conclusion of its own. Federal nursing-home surveys are conducted on a recurring cycle by state survey agencies acting on CMS's behalf, and the figures on this page are compiled from CMS's published provider data, as on file with CMS; the federal record may understate what actually occurred, and inspection findings are point-in-time survey results, not a determination that any specific resident was harmed.
The Federal Record
The most recent federal inspection on file records no actual-harm or immediate-jeopardy citations for this facility.
Below is this facility's federal survey record as on file with CMS.
Scope & Severity — current cycle
Overall CMS star rating: this facility vs the CMS-published state average
This facility: 5 · CMS state average: 3.1
Deficiency timeline — full federal history
Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
12 citations from earlier inspection cycles — historical, not current (expand)
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Obtain a doctor's order to admit a resident and ensure the resident is under a doctor's care.
Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterly
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
Document what happened
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