Bedford Specialty Care in Bedford, IA

Bedford Specialty Care is a medicare and medicaid certified nursing home in Bedford, Iowa. It is located in Taylor county at 1005 West Pearl, Bedford, Iowa 50833. You can reach out to the office of Bedford Specialty Care via phone at (712) 523-2161. This skilled nursing facility has 39 federally certified beds with average occupancy rate of 67.95%. Its legal business name is Care Initiatives and has the following ownership type - For Profit - Corporation.

Bedford Specialty Care (Medicare CCN 165292) is certified by CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and participates in both medicare and medicaid program. This means if you are part of medicare or medicaid program, you may consider this nursing facility for your medical needs. It was first certified by CMS in 1996 (28 years certified) and the last quality survey was conducted in August, 2019.

Contact Information

Bedford Specialty Care
1005 West Pearl, Bedford, Iowa 50833
(712) 523-2161

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Nursing Home Profile

NameBedford Specialty Care
Location1005 West Pearl, Bedford, Iowa
Certified ByMedicare and Medicaid
No. of Certified Beds39
Occupancy Rate67.95%
Medicare ID (CCN)165292
Legal Business NameCare Initiatives
Ownership TypeFor Profit - Corporation

NPI Associated with this Nursing Home:

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NPI Number1568432466
Organization NameCARE INITIATIVES
Doing Business AsBEDFORD SPECIALTY CARE
Address1005 Pearl St, Bedford, IA 50833
Phone Number712-523-2161

Quality Ratings:

Nursing homes vary in the quality of care and services they provide to their residents. The below quality ratings for Bedford Specialty Care are calculated from three sources - health inspection results, staffing data, and quality measure data. This information gives you an indication of the care Bedford Specialty Care give to their patients.
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Complaints, Fines and Penalties:

Number of Facility Reported Incidents0
Number of Substantiated Complaints0
Number of Fines0
Total Amount of Fines in Dollars$0
Number of Payment Denials0
Total Number of Penalties0

Patients' Stay Experience:

The resident survey data of Bedford Specialty Care is compared against the national average with the color code indicators: Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Experience MeasureProviderNational Avg.
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased13.1614.46
Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight2.565.51
Percentage of low risk long-stay residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder51.9248.41
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder01.79
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection02.65
Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms05.05
Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained00.23
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury1.083.36
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine98.9293.87
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication5.3814.2
Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine94.1283.88