Lantern Park Specialty Care

Johnson · IA · Non profit - Corporation · CARE INITIATIVES chain · 90 certified beds · CCN 165214 · CARE INITIATIVES


Lantern Park Specialty Care operates 90 certified beds in Coralville, Iowa. Its Medicare and Medicaid certification dates to 1994-05-15. It averages 85.3 residents a day.

What harm was found in the violations cited at Lantern Park Specialty Care?

CMS lists 47 health-inspection deficiencies for Lantern Park Specialty Care since 2023-05-18, 27 of them in the three years to 2026-08-01: the highest scope-and-severity letter on record is J; the most recent health inspection was 2025-07-31.

Survey dateTagDeficiencySeverity
2025-07-31F0552, F0637, F0638, F0677, F0695, F0699, F0725Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. / Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition / Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months. / Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. / Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. / Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent. / Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.D
2024-10-17F0760Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.E
2024-10-17F0610, F0658Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. / Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.D
2024-09-26F0677Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.D
2024-09-17F0689Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.G
2024-09-17F0656, F0676Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.D
2024-08-01F0550Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.E
2024-08-01F0552, F0851Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. / Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data.D
2024-08-01F0644Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.B
2024-05-09F0689Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.G
2024-05-09F0684Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.D
2024-03-25F0812Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.E
2024-03-25F0609, F0610, F0677, F0686, F0690, F0755Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. / Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. / Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. / Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. / Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. / Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.D
2023-05-18F0686Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.J
2023-05-18F0726, F0760Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being. / Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.G
2023-05-18F0812, F0865, F0867, F0880, F0881Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. / Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities. / Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. / Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.F
2023-05-18F0583, F0761, F0944Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. / Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs. / Conduct mandatory training, for all staff, on the facility’s Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Program.E
2023-05-18F0578, F0623, F0676, F0679, F0689, F0730, F0756, F0759Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive. / Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. / Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason. / Provide activities to meet all resident's needs. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. / Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training. / Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. / Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.D
2023-05-18F0838Conduct and document a facility-wide assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for residents competently during both day-to-day operations (including nights and weekends) and emergencies.C

Why was Lantern Park Specialty Care fined?

DateTypeAmount
2024-09-17Fine$62,595

Has Lantern Park Specialty Care had payment denied by Medicare?

Payment denial startLength in days
2024-10-1714

How is Lantern Park Specialty Care staffed relative to the IA average?

MeasureThis facilityIA average
Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day3.523653.81506
Total nursing staff turnover (%)59.444.0
Average number of residents per day85.352.4

Who owns Lantern Park Specialty Care, and what chain is it in?

Lantern Park Specialty Care is registered with CMS as Non profit - Corporation, operates under the legal business name CARE INITIATIVES and belongs to the CARE INITIATIVES chain.

RoleOwnerAssociation date
5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTERESTCARE INITIATIVESsince 03/01/2014
5% OR GREATER MORTGAGE INTERESTCOMPUTERSHARE CORPORATE TRUST COMPANY, NAsince 02/01/2025
CORPORATE DIRECTORBEAL, MICHAEL, BOWEN, LANE, CAROTHERS, MARY JANE, CHILDS, KEVIN, CORLESS, PETER, KREIN, KEITH, RUST, ELIZABETH, STURM, DENISE, UPMEYER, LINDAsince 01/01/2021
CORPORATE OFFICERBEAL, MICHAEL, DIXON, DAVID, DRAKE, EMILY, GILYARD, TANYA, KUHN, JERAMY, MCDYER, JESSICA, VOLM, JOHANNAsince 01/01/2021
OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROLBAEDKE, CHARISSA, EBERLY, SCOTT, MCCOMAS, EMILYsince 01/01/2024
ADP OF THE SNFCOMPUTERSHARE CORPORATE TRUST COMPANY, NA, EBERLY, SCOTT, MCCOMAS, EMILYsince 04/14/2025

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