Northgate Care Center
960 4th Street NW, Waukon, IA, 52172 · CCN 165338
Northgate Care Center is a CMS-certified skilled nursing facility located in Waukon, 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 10 cited deficiencies across 3 surveys. 1 were coded at G or above; 0 were coded at immediate-jeopardy levels J through L.
1 of the most frequently cited tags appear more than once in the available history: F0760 (2). Repetition can indicate a recurring compliance area, but it is not proof that the same underlying problem remained uncorrected.
Survey history
- November 2025 — Health: 8 cited deficiencies
- September 2024 — Health: 1 cited deficiency
- April 2024 — Health: 1 cited deficiency
Scope and severity distribution
- Scope/severity D: 7 citations
- Scope/severity E: 2 citations
- Scope/severity G: 1 citation
1 available citations were coded at G or above, indicating actual harm or immediate jeopardy; 0 were coded J or above.
Top Deficiency Citations
- F0760 — Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. (2 citations)
- F0580 — Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. (1 citation)
- F0880 — Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (1 citation)
- F0684 — Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. (1 citation)
- F0550 — Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (1 citation)
Deficiency categories
- Resident Rights Deficiencies: 2 citations
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies: 2 citations
- Pharmacy Service Deficiencies: 2 citations
- Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies: 1 citation
- Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies: 1 citation
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies: 1 citation
Official CMS Five-Star context
- Overall: 1 of 5 stars
- Health inspection: 1 of 5 stars
- Staffing: 3 of 5 stars
- Quality measure: 3 of 5 stars
CMS reports 2.97 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 1 penalty action, most recently dated March 2026. Monetary fines in these records total $87,160.
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: April 2024; Latest loaded survey: November 2025. These dates describe records loaded by POCDesk, not a CMS release or publication timestamp. Facility statistics refreshed: October 8, 2026 at 9:48 AM 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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