Accura Healthcare Of Creston
1000 East Howard, Creston, IA, 50801 · CCN 165275
Accura Healthcare Of Creston is a CMS-certified skilled nursing facility located in Creston, Iowa. This facility-specific record brings together official CMS provider, inspection, rating, and enforcement data while identifying what is missing or uncertain.
What stands out in the available record
The available records contain 33 cited deficiencies across 5 surveys. 2 were coded at G or above; 1 were coded at immediate-jeopardy levels J through L.
2 of the most frequently cited tags appear more than once in the available history: F0657 (2), F0658 (2). Repetition can indicate a recurring compliance area, but it is not proof that the same underlying problem remained uncorrected.
Survey history
- October 2025 — Health: 2 cited deficiencies
- July 2024 — Health: 25 cited deficiencies
- May 2024 — Health: 1 cited deficiency
- March 2024 — Health: 1 cited deficiency
- February 2024 — Health: 4 cited deficiencies
Scope and severity distribution
- Scope/severity C: 2 citations
- Scope/severity D: 16 citations
- Scope/severity E: 10 citations
- Scope/severity F: 3 citations
- Scope/severity G: 1 citation
- Scope/severity J: 1 citation
2 available citations were coded at G or above, indicating actual harm or immediate jeopardy; 1 were coded J or above.
Top Deficiency Citations
- F0657 — Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. (2 citations)
- F0658 — Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. (2 citations)
- F0607 — Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. (1 citation)
- F0949 — Provide behavior health training consistent with the requirements and as determined by a facility assessment. (1 citation)
- F0843 — Have an agreement with at least one or more hospitals certified by Medicare or Medicaid to make sure residents can be moved quickly to the hospital when they need medical care. (1 citation)
Deficiency categories
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies: 9 citations
- Administration Deficiencies: 7 citations
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies: 5 citations
- Resident Rights Deficiencies: 4 citations
- Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies: 3 citations
- Infection Control Deficiencies: 2 citations
Official CMS Five-Star context
- Overall: 2 of 5 stars
- Health inspection: 2 of 5 stars
- Staffing: 3 of 5 stars
- Quality measure: 2 of 5 stars
CMS reports 3.8 total nurse staffing hours per resident day.
Five-Star values above are official CMS fields. POCDesk does not calculate or predict the official CMS rating.
Enforcement and penalties
The available CMS enforcement dataset contains 2 penalty actions, most recently dated July 2024. Monetary fines in these records total $16,801.
Sources, freshness, and limitations
Source: official CMS datasets, including Provider Information, Health Deficiencies, and Penalties. View the CMS data source. Loaded survey records window — Earliest loaded survey: February 2024; Latest loaded survey: October 2025. These dates describe records loaded by POCDesk, not a CMS release or publication timestamp. Facility statistics refreshed: October 9, 2026 at 9:54 PM UTC. The available rating record has a CMS processing date of September 2026. POCDesk last refreshed that rating record on October 2026.
POCDesk groups citations by survey date, counts recurring F-Tags across the available history, and summarizes CMS scope/severity codes. Those summaries are POCDesk organization and interpretation of public records, not official ratings or survey findings of our own. Read the governing 42 CFR Part 483 and our editorial standards and methodology.
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