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Nursing homes in Des Moines, IA

Medicare rates every certified nursing home from one to five stars on inspections, staffing and quality measures. These are the ratings CMS published for Des Moines, alongside who owns each home.

How Medicare rates them

  • 5 stars 2
  • 4 stars 2
  • 3 stars 2
  • 2 stars 2
  • 1 star 4

12 Medicare-certified nursing homes in Des Moines

Scottish Rite Park Inc

5 of 5 stars

2909 Woodland Avenue · (515) 274-4614

Ownership: Non profit - Corporation

Certified beds
51
Staffing rating
5
Quality measure rating
5
Flagged by CMS for abuse
N
Health inspection rating
3
Average residents per day
32.0

Wesley On Grand

5 of 5 stars

3520 Grand Avenue · (515) 271-6500

Ownership: Non profit - Corporation · Wesleylife

Certified beds
80
Staffing rating
4
Quality measure rating
3
Flagged by CMS for abuse
N
Health inspection rating
5
Average residents per day
77.8

Calvin Community

4 of 5 stars

4210 Hickman Road · (515) 277-6141

Ownership: Non profit - Corporation

Certified beds
59
Staffing rating
5
Quality measure rating
4
Flagged by CMS for abuse
N
Health inspection rating
3
Average residents per day
59.0

233 University Avenue · (515) 284-1280

Ownership: For profit - Corporation · Campbell Street Services

Certified beds
91
Staffing rating
2
Quality measure rating
5
Flagged by CMS for abuse
N
Health inspection rating
3
Average residents per day
74.6

701 Riverview · (515) 266-1106

Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company · The Ensign Group

Certified beds
74
Staffing rating
2
Quality measure rating
5
Flagged by CMS for abuse
N
Health inspection rating
2
Average residents per day
67.0

Valley View Village

3 of 5 stars

2571 Guthrie Avenue · (515) 265-2571

Ownership: Non profit - Corporation · Cassia

Certified beds
79
Staffing rating
5
Quality measure rating
3
Flagged by CMS for abuse
N
Health inspection rating
2
Average residents per day
72.9

900 Polk Boulevard · (515) 255-5433

Ownership: Non profit - Corporation

Certified beds
46
Staffing rating
1
Quality measure rating
3
Flagged by CMS for abuse
N
Health inspection rating
3
Average residents per day
39.4

Ramsey Village

2 of 5 stars

1611 27th Street · (515) 274-3612

Ownership: Non profit - Other

Certified beds
78
Staffing rating
4
Quality measure rating
3
Flagged by CMS for abuse
N
Health inspection rating
2
Average residents per day
68.4

4911 Sw 19th Street · (515) 285-2559

Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company

Certified beds
89
Staffing rating
4
Quality measure rating
3
Flagged by CMS for abuse
N
Health inspection rating
1
Average residents per day
82.9

2401 East Eighth Street · (515) 262-9303

Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company · Azria Health

Certified beds
70
Staffing rating
3
Quality measure rating
1
Flagged by CMS for abuse
N
Health inspection rating
1
Average residents per day
57.5

5608 Sw 9th Street · (515) 285-3070

Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company · The Ensign Group

Certified beds
80
Staffing rating
1
Quality measure rating
3
Flagged by CMS for abuse
Y
Health inspection rating
1
Average residents per day
68.5

1555 Hull Avenue · (515) 262-5639

Ownership: Non profit - Corporation

Certified beds
120
Staffing rating
4
Quality measure rating
4
Flagged by CMS for abuse
N
Health inspection rating
1
Average residents per day
113.0

Common questions

How many nursing homes are there in Des Moines?

Medicare lists 12 certified nursing homes in Des Moines. 12 carry a CMS star rating and 4 are rated 4 or 5 stars.

What does the CMS star rating actually measure?

Medicare combines three things into one overall rating: state health inspection results, staffing levels reported from payroll data, and clinical quality measures. It is a federal rating, not our assessment, and a facility can be rated well on one and poorly on another.

Does Medicare or Medicaid pay for this?

Every facility listed here is Medicare-certified. What Medicare pays for and for how long depends on the type of care and your situation, so confirm coverage with the facility and with your plan before you commit.

Where this data comes from

Ratings and quality measures on this page come from CMS Care Compare, Nursing Home Provider Information, published August 2026. They are Medicare's assessments, not ours. We report the federal figures as published, with the file's own date, and we do not compute a score of our own or rank one facility against another.

CMS suppresses some measures for small facilities, so a blank is missing data rather than a poor result. Ratings are refreshed each quarter from the source file. Confirm anything that matters directly with the facility before you act on it.

Compiled and maintained by the Black Health editorial team. Found something wrong? Tell us and we will check it against the source.