Bethany Life

  About Bethany Life

  Bethany Life Owner & Operator Information

  Bethany Life Ratings and Inspection Scores

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) regularly inspects every skilled nursing facility. The results of the multi-day inspection is a series of star ratings. The health inspection scores are an absolute value, so you can compare one facility's score directly to another.

  Bethany Life Ratings History

  Nursing Hours Spent Per Patient

CMS provides detailed information about how long nursing staff spends with residents. This data includes nursing subcategories of Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse, and non-nursing Certified Nursing Assistants. More hours spend per patient should can indicate a better facility or it could indicate more complicated situations.

The nursing staff of Bethany Life spends LESS time on average with its residents than the state average and LESS time than the national average for total nursing homes spent per resident.

Type	Facility	State / National Avg
Registered Nurse (RN)
Hours	0.77	0.73 / 0.65
Case Mix	0.25	0.30 / 0.38
Adjusted	1.16	NA / NA
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
Hours	0.28	0.59 / 0.87
Case Mix	0.65	NA / NA
Adjusted	0.31	NA / NA
Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA)
Hours	2.56	2.35 / 2.26
Case Mix	2.04	NA / NA
Adjusted	2.56	NA / NA
Total Licensed Staff
Hours	1.04	1.32 / 1.53
Physical Therapist (PT)
Hours	0.05	0.04 / 0.07
Total Nursing Homes Spent per Resident on Average
Hours	3.60	3.67 / 3.78
Case Mix	2.94	2.91 / 3.15
Adjusted	3.86	NA / NA

  Quality Measures

Quality measures are based both on patient survey information and on the results of actual claims that are filed with CMS. It is not clear what period is covered in the measures.

Desc.	Perc./ State Avg. / Comparison
Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission (qm521) This measure is considered when computing the 5-Star Overall Rating	27.2% / 21.4% Worse
Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit (qm522) This measure is considered when computing the 5-Star Overall Rating	14.5% / 13.1% Worse
Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days (qm551) This measure is considered when computing the 5-Star Overall Rating	1.5% / 1.6% Better
Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days (qm552) This measure is considered when computing the 5-Star Overall Rating	0.8% / 1.4% Better
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased (qm401)	14.2% / 16.5% Better
Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight (qm404)	3.0% / 5.0% Better
Percentage of low risk long-stay residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder (qm405)	49.3% / 47.0% Worse
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder (qm406)	0.2% / 2.0% Better
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection (qm407)	4.1% / 2.8% Worse
Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms (qm408)	2.5% / 4.6% Better
Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained (qm409)	0.0% / 0.1% Better
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury (qm410)	6.0% / 3.8% Worse
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine (qm415)	99.3% / 94.0% Better
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication (qm419)	24.8% / 18.3% Worse
Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine (qm430)	96.8% / 85.2% Better
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication (qm434)	2.3% / 2.2% Worse
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to move independently worsened (qm451)	19.3% / 18.3% Worse
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication (qm452)	20.7% / 19.5% Worse
Percentage of high risk long-stay residents with pressure ulcers (qm453)	7.2% / 5.9% Worse
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine (qm454)	100.0% / 95.1% Better
Percentage of short-stay residents who made improvements in function (qm471)	91.8% / 79.1% Better
Percentage of short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine (qm472)	100.0% / 72.9% Better

  Hospitals Near Bethany Life

Quite often skilled nursing facilities and hospitals work closely together to help patients recover or manage a terminal illness. Hospitals deals with acute care while nursing homes treat patients for a longer period of time. New residents at skilled nursing homes typically come from a hospital and nursing home residents may be readmitted to a hospital if their recovery does not proceed well. (Hospital readmission rates are closely monitored by CMS.) Consequently it is important that you consider which hospitals are near a nursing home which choosing one. Below is a list of hospitals near Bethany Life.

This information is based on the most recent Hospital data. Historical data is not available.

Hospital	5-Star Overall Rating
MARY GREELEY MEDICAL CENTER 1111 DUFF AVENUE AMES, IA 50010	4
VAN DIEST MEDICAL CENTER 2350 HOSPITAL DRIVE WEBSTER CITY, IA 50595	4
BOONE COUNTY HOSPITAL 1015 UNION STREET BOONE, IA 50036	5
STORY COUNTY HOSPITAL 640 SOUTH 19TH STREET NEVADA, IA 50201	Not Available
HANSEN FAMILY HOSPITAL 920 SOUTH OAK STREET IOWA FALLS, IA 50126	Not Available

  Medical Professionals Associated with Bethany Life

These are the doctors who are affiliated with Bethany Life. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.

• DANIELLE PELLOW ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MCFARLAND CLINIC PC )
• TODD BERRYHILL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MCFARLAND CLINIC PC )
• XUAN-AN NGUYEN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MCFARLAND CLINIC PC )
• SARAH HAYES ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MCFARLAND CLINIC PC )
• MATTHEW BAUGHMAN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MCFARLAND CLINIC PC )
• SEAN JUGUILON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MCFARLAND CLINIC PC )
• RUPAL AMIN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MCFARLAND CLINIC PC )
• FIRAS SALTI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MCFARLAND CLINIC PC )
• SARAH RENZE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MCFARLAND CLINIC PC )
• BRENDA BURROUGH ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MCFARLAND CLINIC PC )
• MICHAEL SCHNURR ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - MCFARLAND CLINIC PC )
• GRANT DOOLITTLE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ON WITH LIFE INC )
• AARON HEIAR ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MCFARLAND CLINIC PC )
• KRISTY CALLAND ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MCFARLAND CLINIC PC )
• SUMATHI CHELLAPPA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MCFARLAND CLINIC PC )
• MICHAEL BIRD ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ON WITH LIFE INC )
• SALLY OVERLAND ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - MCFARLAND CLINIC PC )
• KRISTIN WATSON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MCFARLAND CLINIC PC )

  Local Nursing Homes

Below is a list of nursing homes in near Bethany Life (including this home). This list is ranked based on the nursing home's health inspection scores (alse referred to as the "weighted all cycles score"). We also show the home's 5-star overall rating in the list. (If a nursing home has been flaged by CMS for abuse, we will added an icon (  ) to the home to indicate this.)

The data is based on the dataset as of May 01, 2024.

Name	Health Inspection Score / Overall Rating
Green Hills Health Care Center (AMES, IA)	1.333 / 5:
Hubbard Care Center (HUBBARD, IA)	1.333 / 5:
Perry Lutheran Homes Eden Acres Campus (PERRY, IA)	8 / 5:
Eldora Specialty Care (ELDORA, IA)	8.667 / 4:
Scenic Manor (IOWA FALLS, IA)	12 / 4:
Zearing Health Care, LLC (ZEARING, IA)	14 / 5:
Rolling Green Village Care Cen (NEVADA, IA)	17.333 / 4:
Story Medical Senior Care (NEVADA, IA)	18 / 5:
Eastern Star Masonic Home (BOONE, IA)	25.333 / 3:
Accura Healthcare of Ogden, LLC (OGDEN, IA)	29.333 / 3:
Madrid Home For The Aged (MADRID, IA)	36.667 / 3:
Westhaven Community (BOONE, IA)	43 / 2:
Northridge Village (AMES, IA)	49.667 / 3:
State Center Specialty Care (STATE CENTER, IA)	52.667 / 3:
Bethany Life (STORY CITY, IA)	60.667 / 2:
Stratford Specialty Care (STRATFORD, IA)	63.333 / 2:
Accura Healthcare of Ames, LLC (AMES, IA)	66 / 2:
Crestview Nursing and Rehab (WEBSTER CITY, IA)	73.333 / 2:
Southfield Wellness Community (WEBSTER CITY, IA)	96 / 2:
Grandview Health Care Center (DAYTON, IA)	150 / 1:

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