Nursing home
Azria Health Winterset
1015 West Summit, Winterset, IA 50273 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Azria Health (9 facilities) · 65 certified beds
Azria Health Winterset is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Winterset, Iowa. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.54 hours per resident per day, below the Iowa average of 3.83. Its most recent inspection on Mar 10, 2025 cited 13 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Azria Health Winterset compares
This facility vs. the Iowa and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Iowa avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.54 | 3.83 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.47 | 0.73 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.39 | 2.53 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 45.3% | 43.9% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 13.0 | 6.2 | 9.5 | above avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
Penalties in CMS records: 1 total penalty, 1 Medicare payment denial.
What inspectors found at Azria Health Winterset
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Mar 19, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.
Administration Deficiencies · Mar 19, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Mar 19, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Mar 19, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 19, 2026 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 19, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 19, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Mar 19, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Mar 19, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Mar 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Mar 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 1015 West Summit
Winterset, IA 50273 - CMS certification #
- 165188
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 65
- Avg residents/day
- 53.3
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1993-08-16
- Chain
- Azria Health (9 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Azria Health
Azria Health operates 9 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Azria Health facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Website says Transportation, pets allowed
- Staff pay 2 federal wage cases with violations found, since 2019
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Azria Health Winterset says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Sep 17, 2019 to Jan 21, 2021. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $8,166 owed to 22 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Azria Health Winterset (BCP Winterset, LLC). Case 1922961.
- Findings for Jan 1, 2019 to Dec 31, 2020. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $36,143 owed to 263 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Azria Health - Other Locations (AHMO, LLC). Case 1933112.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Madison County Health Care System, Winterset. 0.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Edgewater, A Wesleylife Community, West Des Moines. 18.4 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Suncrest Home Health, West Des Moines. 20.3 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Montross Pharmacy, Gift Shop, and Fountain. 0.7 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 50273 as small town (small town core).
- Hospice
- 11 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 50273.
Suncrest Hospice, LLC, office in West Des Moines, 20.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Care Initiatives Hospice - Greenfield, office in Greenfield, 22.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Unitypoint Hospice, office in Urbandale, 25.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Ch Specialty Services Ia PC, Osceola. 23.7 miles away, straight line. 2 geriatric medicine doctors listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire relatively low, tornado very high, heat wave relatively high, earthquake very low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here relatively low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Azria Health Winterset a good nursing home?
CMS gives Azria Health Winterset an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Azria Health Winterset staffed?
Azria Health Winterset reports 3.54 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Iowa average of 3.83.
Has Azria Health Winterset had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 13 deficiencies.
How many beds does Azria Health Winterset have?
Azria Health Winterset is certified for 65 beds.