One of Iowa’s largest nursing home chains is facing new lawsuits alleging nonpayment of bills and wrongful death. Gibbins Advisors, a financial consulting firm based in Tennessee, is suing Accura Healthcare, an Oklahoma company that operates 27 senior-care facilities within Iowa, in Polk County District Court. It is one of two pending lawsuits against Accura […]
A group of six Iowa nursing homes owes more than $2.1 million in back rent, two of the homes’ former landlords allege. Summit Healthcare Operating Partnership of California and Fantasia Investment of the Cayman Islands is suing six Iowa nursing homes that operate under the common ownership of Accura Healthcare, an Oklahoma company with offices […]
A former Iowa nursing home administrator is accused of elder abuse in civil court filings alleging she improperly took more than $32,000 from a relative who resides at the home. No criminal charges have been filed in the case, but a judge has issued a temporary protective order against elder abuse. The order limits the […]
Two Iowa nursing homes are facing sanctions for alleged quality-of-care violations tied to resident deaths. The Newton Village Health Care Center has been fined $8,500 by the state, according to the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing. The fine is tied to allegations of contributing to a resident’s death, failing to investigate the matter, […]
State regulators have suspended, without explanation, a nursing home administrator’s license to practice in Iowa. The Iowa Board of Nursing Home Administrators says that in April 2025, it received a complaint against the licensee Marcy Louise Martin, 51, concerning the “management of facility funds and documentation.” The board says the allegations, which it did not […]
A state board has sanctioned an Iowa nursing home administrator for widespread quality-of-care issues in one of the facilities she managed. The Iowa Board of Nursing Home Administrators recently charged Janelle Case with negligence in the practice of the profession, which the board states may involve a failure to exercise due care; negligent delegation of […]
An audit released Monday shows the state has made “substantial improvements” in efforts to inspect nursing homes and now meets federal requirements, state Auditor Rob Sand said. In 2024, the state auditor’s office found certified nursing homes in Iowa were inspected by the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing on average every 17.1 months […]
