Nursing home
Iron County Medical Care Facility
1523 U.S. Highway 2, Crystal Falls, MI 49920 · Map
Government - County · 200 certified beds
Iron County Medical Care Facility is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Crystal Falls, Michigan. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.20 hours per resident per day, above the Michigan average of 4.03. Its most recent inspection on Apr 17, 2025 cited 5 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Iron County Medical Care Facility compares
This facility vs. the Michigan and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Michigan avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 4.20 | 4.03 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.69 | 0.77 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.81 | 2.38 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 50.4% | 44.4% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 5.0 | 9.8 | 9.5 | below 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.
What inspectors found at Iron County Medical Care Facility
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 · Apr 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Apr 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Apr 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Apr 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Apr 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterly
Administration Deficiencies · Apr 24, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Apr 24, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Apr 24, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Apr 24, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Apr 24, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Minimal
Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data.
Administration Deficiencies · Apr 24, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide each resident with a nourishing, palatable, well-balanced diet that meets his or her daily nutritional and special dietary needs.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Apr 20, 2023
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
- 1523 U.S. Highway 2
Crystal Falls, MI 49920 - CMS certification #
- 235257
- Ownership
- Government - County
- Certified beds
- 200
- Avg residents/day
- 112.2
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1976-05-01
- Setting
- Rural
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Iron County Medical Care Facility using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says A memory care unit
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2017
- Workplace safety 2 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2019, 2 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Iron County Medical Care Facility says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Has a separate memory care unit, wing or neighborhood.
Our controlled multi-sensory environment, "Sensory Trails" on our memory care unit, has been specifically designed to deliver stimuli to various senses, using lighting effects, color, sounds, music, scents, etc.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
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 7, 2017 to Sep 6, 2019. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $6,234 owed to 78 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Iron County Medical Care Facility. Case 1892280.
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.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Jul 31, 2023: referral inspection, partial (safety). Case closed Sep 11, 2023. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Iron County Medical Care Facility.
- Jun 11, 2019: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (health). Case closed Oct 21, 2019. 2 violations cited (1 serious, 1 other). Penalties: $2,100 proposed, $1,050 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Iron County Medical Care Facility.
Details
- Serious: Asbestos (1910.1001(j)(3)(i)). Penalty $2,100 proposed, $1,050 now. To be fixed by Aug 26, 2019.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 325.47201(3). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Aug 19, 2019.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Aspirus Iron River Hospital & Clinics, Inc, Iron River. 11.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Iron River Care Center, Iron River. 11.9 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Dickinson Home Health, Iron Mountain. 24.3 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 24.5 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 49920 as rural (rural area).
- Hospice
- 2 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 49920.
Marshfield Medical Center - Dickinson Hospice, office in Iron Mountain, 24.3 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Post Acute Specialists LLC, New London. 120.1 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor 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
- Area not mapped by FEMA. (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: inland flooding relatively low, wildfire relatively low, tornado relatively low, heat wave very low, 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 | See above |
| 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 Iron County Medical Care Facility a good nursing home?
CMS gives Iron County Medical Care Facility an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Iron County Medical Care Facility staffed?
Iron County Medical Care Facility reports 4.20 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Michigan average of 4.03.
Has Iron County Medical Care Facility had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 5 deficiencies.
How many beds does Iron County Medical Care Facility have?
Iron County Medical Care Facility is certified for 200 beds.