Home health agencies in Iowa: quality ratings, owners and outcomes for 123 agencies

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Iowa has 123 Medicare certified home health agencies. The average quality of patient care rating is 3.1 of 5 and 1 agency holds one star. 1 agency is worse than the national rate for potentially preventable hospitalizations after a stay.

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123Home health agencies
3.1 of 5Average quality rating
1One star agencies
5Five star agencies
94.9%Average timely start of care
1Worse than national on hospitalizations
54For profit agencies

Agencies by quality rating

Ranked by lowest quality rating, then by worse than national hospitalization rate. Each row links to the page and its Medicare Care Compare record.

Agency	City	Ownership	Stars	Timely start of care	Preventable hospitalizations	Source
Nurse at Home	Burlington	Proprietary	1	63.4%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Community Health Services	Algona	Government Operated	1.5	77%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Sunny Brook Home Care	Fairfield	Proprietary	1.5	83.1%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Washington Co. Public Health	Washington	Government Operated	1.5	90.3%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Wayne County Public Health Nursing Service	Corydon	Government Operated	1.5	93.2%	Not Available	medicare.gov
Buena Vista County Public Health and Home Care	Storm Lake	Government Operated	2	93.2%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Butler County PHNS	Allison	Government Operated	2	98.1%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Chickasaw Co Public Health & Home Care Services	New Hampton	Government Operated	2	85.9%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Greenbelt Home Care	Eldora	Non-Profit	2	98.7%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Heights Home Health, Inc	Mapleton	Proprietary	2	91.8%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Lee County Health Department	Fort Madison	Government Operated	2	51.2%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Myrtue Med Center Home Health	Harlan	Government Operated	2	95.4%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Optimae Home Health Services, Central Iowa	Des Moines	Proprietary	2	95.5%	Not Available	medicare.gov
Regional Medical Center Home Care	Manchester	Government Operated	2	99.3%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Suncrest Home Health	West Des Moines	Proprietary	2	84.1%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Therapy Solutions Inc	Cedar Rapids	Proprietary	2	99.7%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
V M H Comunity & Home Care	Waukon	Government Operated	2	98.7%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Wel-Home Health of Sergeant Bluff	Sergeant Bluff	Proprietary	2	94.9%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Angels Care Home Health of Iowa	Davenport	Proprietary	2.5	92.2%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Cherokee Regional Home Health	Cherokee	Non-Profit	2.5	97.4%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Everystep	Des Moines	Non-Profit	2.5	95.7%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hosp & Clin-Home Health	West Union	Government Operated	2.5	99.6%	Better Than National Rate	medicare.gov
Guthrie County PHNS	Guthrie Center	Government Operated	2.5	87.4%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Hancock County Health System Community Health	Garner	Proprietary	2.5	98.8%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Harrison County Public Health	Logan	Government Operated	2.5	54.2%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Hegg Home Health Care	Rock Valley	Proprietary	2.5	96.1%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Home Care Services of Boone Co	Boone	Government Operated	2.5	97.5%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Iowa Home Care, L L C	Webster City	Proprietary	2.5	97.9%	Not Available	medicare.gov
Optimae Home Health Services	Fairfield	Proprietary	2.5	97%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Palo Alto Community Health	Emmetsburg	Government Operated	2.5	88.9%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Sanford Home Health and Hospice Sheldon	Sheldon	Non-Profit	2.5	95%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Sioux Center Home Health and Hospice	Sioux Center	Government Operated	2.5	98.1%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Van Buren County PHNS	Keosauqua	Government Operated	2.5	97.1%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Virginia Gay Hospital Home Health Agency	Vinton	Non-Profit	2.5	89.6%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Winnebago County PHNS	Forest City	Government Operated	2.5	92.3%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Burgess Home Health	Onawa	Non-Profit	3	100%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Community Health Services	Cresco	Non-Profit	3	87.9%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Everystep	Creston	Non-Profit	3	97%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Floyd County Public Health/ Home Health Care	Charles City	Government Operated	3	96.4%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Genesis VNA	Bettendorf	Non-Profit	3	98.7%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Good Samaritan Society Home Care	Davenport	Government Operated	3	96%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Hamilton County Public Health Nursing Services	Webster City	Government Operated	3	98.3%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Iowa Home Care, L L C	West Des Moines	Proprietary	3	97.8%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Johnson County Visiting Nurse Association	Iowa City	Non-Profit	3	96.5%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Keystone Home Health	Keystone	Proprietary	3	96.7%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Lakes Regional Healthcare Home Care	Spirit Lake	Government Operated	3	98.8%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Southeast Iowa Regional Home Health	West Burlington	Proprietary	3	99%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Tama County Public Health & Ho	Toledo	Government Operated	3	97%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Unitypoint at Home	Waterloo	Non-Profit	3	92.2%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Wel-Home Health of Red Oak	Red Oak	Proprietary	3	98.8%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Winnmed Home Health	Decorah	Non-Profit	3	95.6%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Above and Beyond Home Health	Monticello	Non-Profit	3.5	94.4%	Better Than National Rate	medicare.gov
Angels Care Home Health of Iowa	Des Moines	Proprietary	3.5	99.2%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Avera at Home of Spencer Hospital	Spencer	Non-Profit	3.5	100%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Carroll Area Nursing Services	Carroll	Proprietary	3.5	99.6%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health	Mason City	Government Operated	3.5	90.1%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Faith Home Health Care	West Des Moines	Proprietary	3.5	100%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Floyd Valley Hospital Community Health Services	Le Mars	Non-Profit	3.5	99.6%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Mary Greeley Home Health Services	Ames	Proprietary	3.5	99.6%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Mercy Home Care	Cedar Rapids	Proprietary	3.5	99.8%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Mercyone Waterloo Home Health Care	Waterloo	Non-Profit	3.5	98.1%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Orange City Home Health	Orange City	Proprietary	3.5	99%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Pella Regional Home Health Agency	Pella	Non-Profit	3.5	98.8%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Unitypoint at Home	Dubuque	Non-Profit	3.5	98.3%	Better Than National Rate	medicare.gov
Unitypoint at Home	Cedar Rapids	Non-Profit	3.5	87.8%	Better Than National Rate	medicare.gov
Unitypoint at Home	Urbandale	Non-Profit	3.5	96.2%	Better Than National Rate	medicare.gov
Unitypoint at Home	Sioux City	Non-Profit	3.5	95.6%	Better Than National Rate	medicare.gov
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown Home Health	Coralville	Non-Profit	3.5	99.7%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Wesley Life Home Health	Urbandale	Non-Profit	3.5	99.2%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Angels Care Home Health of Iowa	Council Bluffs	Proprietary	4	99.4%	Worse Than National Rate	medicare.gov
Advanced Home Health Care Inc	Burlington	Proprietary	4	100%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Aveanna Home Health	Council Bluffs	Proprietary	4	99.7%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Avera @ Home	Estherville	Non-Profit	4	100%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Crawford County Home Health, Hospice & Public Heal	Denison	Government Operated	4	95%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Iowa Home Care, L L C	Ottumwa	Proprietary	4	100%	Not Available	medicare.gov
Mercyone Des Moines Home Care	Des Moines	Non-Profit	4	97.1%	Better Than National Rate	medicare.gov
Pure Health Services, LLC	Clarinda	Proprietary	4	99.1%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
St Anthony Regional Hospital and Nursing Home	Carroll	Government Operated	4	100%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Taylor County Public Health Agency	Bedford	Government Operated	4	94%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Unitypoint at Home	Fort Dodge	Non-Profit	4	98.9%	Better Than National Rate	medicare.gov
Unitypoint at Home	Storm Lake	Non-Profit	4	99.6%	Better Than National Rate	medicare.gov
Aveanna Healthcare	Sioux City	Proprietary	4.5	100%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Elara Caring	Chariton	Proprietary	4.5	99.2%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Elara Caring	Centerville	Proprietary	4.5	100%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Mitchell County Home Health Care/ Public Health	Osage	Proprietary	4.5	98.8%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Aveanna Healthcare	Hiawatha	Proprietary	5	100%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Aveanna Healthcare	West Des Moines	Proprietary	5	100%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Centerwell Home Health	Hiawatha	Proprietary	5	100%	Better Than National Rate	medicare.gov
Centerwell Home Health	Urbandale	Proprietary	5	100%	Same As National Rate	medicare.gov
Good Samaritan Society-Home Care	Indianola	Proprietary	5	98.4%	Not Available	medicare.gov
Aveanna Healthcare	West Des Moines	Proprietary	Not listed	Not listed	-	medicare.gov
Aveanna Healthcare	Davenport	Proprietary	Not listed	Not listed	-	medicare.gov
Cedar County Public Health Nursing Services	Tipton	Non-Profit	Not listed	Not listed	Not Available	medicare.gov
Childserve Home Care Inc	Johnston	Non-Profit	Not listed	Not listed	-	medicare.gov
Comfort Care Medicare Inc	Cedar Rapids	Proprietary	Not listed	95.7%	Not Available	medicare.gov
Compassion North America Home Health Services Corp	Cedar Rapids	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed	Not Available	medicare.gov
Des Moines County Health Department	Burlington	Government Operated	Not listed	Not listed	-	medicare.gov
Family Care Solutions LLC	Davenport	Proprietary	Not listed	Not listed	-	medicare.gov
Family First Home Care of Iowa	Sheldon	Proprietary	Not listed	Not listed	-	medicare.gov
Family First Homecare of Iowa	Urbandale	Proprietary	Not listed	Not listed	-	medicare.gov
Family First Homecare of Iowa	Sioux City	Proprietary	Not listed	Not listed	-	medicare.gov
Franklin County Public Health	Hampton	Government Operated	Not listed	91.3%	Not Available	medicare.gov
Freedom Home Health Care	Ankeny	Proprietary	Not listed	96.9%	Not Available	medicare.gov
Heartland Home Care	Oskaloosa	Proprietary	Not listed	Not listed	-	medicare.gov
Home Health With Heart LLC	Cedar Rapids	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed	Not Available	medicare.gov
Home Sweet Home Care	Atlantic	Proprietary	Not listed	100%	-	medicare.gov
Innovive Health of Iowa	West Des Moines	Proprietary	Not listed	96.3%	-	medicare.gov
Iowa County Health Department	Marengo	Government Operated	Not listed	Not listed	Not Available	medicare.gov
Keokuk County PHNS	Sigourney	Government Operated	Not listed	Not listed	-	medicare.gov
Louisa County PHNS	Wapello	Government Operated	Not listed	Not listed	Not Available	medicare.gov
Lutheran Home Health Agency	Vinton	Non-Profit	Not listed	Not listed	Not Available	medicare.gov
New Choices LLC	Bettendorf	Proprietary	Not listed	100%	-	medicare.gov
Open Arms Home Health Care, Council Bluffs, LLC	Co Bluffs	Proprietary	Not listed	97.1%	Not Available	medicare.gov
Open Arms Home Health Care, Des Moines, LLC	Des Moines	Proprietary	Not listed	97.7%	Not Available	medicare.gov
Open Arms Home Health Care, L L C	Dubuque	Proprietary	Not listed	93.3%	-	medicare.gov
Open Arms Home Health Care, Waterloo, LLC	Waterloo	Proprietary	Not listed	96%	Not Available	medicare.gov
Pocahontas County Public Health	Pocahontas	Government Operated	Not listed	85.7%	Not Available	medicare.gov
Skilled Care Home Health Services	West Des Moines	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed	Not Available	medicare.gov
Skyline Center Inc Home Health	Clinton	Non-Profit	Not listed	Not listed	-	medicare.gov
To the Rescue	Cedar Rapids	Proprietary	Not listed	77.3%	-	medicare.gov
Universal Pediatrics	Dubuque	Proprietary	Not listed	Not listed	-	medicare.gov
Webster County Health Department	Fort Dodge	Government Operated	Not listed	Not listed	-	medicare.gov
Worth County PHNS	Northwood	Government Operated	Not listed	Not listed	Not Available	medicare.gov

Quality ratings

Quality of patient care rating	Home health agencies
5 of 5	5
4.5 of 5	4
4 of 5	12
3.5 of 5	18
3 of 5	16
2.5 of 5	17
2 of 5	13
1.5 of 5	4
1 of 5	1
Not rated	33

Owners and managers with the most home health agencies in Iowa

Organization	Agencies	Average stars	Five star
Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc	8	4.6	2
Aveanna Healthcare Intermediate Holdings LLC	8	4.6	2
Aveanna Healthcare LLC	8	4.6	2
Bain Capital Fund XI LP	8	4.6	2
Hamilton Lane Co-Investment Fund III Holdings, 2 LP	8	4.6	2
J.H. Whitney VII LP	8	4.6	2
Psa Healthcare Investment Holding LLC	8	4.6	2
Bcpe Eagle Investor, L.P.	7	4.8	2
Nut Tree Master Fund LP	7	4.8	2
Aveanna Healthcare Senior Services LLC	6	4.6	2
Recover Health Services LLC	6	4.6	2
Iowa Health System	5	3.6	0
Recover Health Inc	5	4.8	2
Evergreen Real Estate Development Corporation	4	Not listed	0
Iowa FF Capital, Inc	4	Not listed	0
Trinity Health Corporation	4	3.5	0
Unitypoint at Home	4	3.5	0
Sanford	3	3.5	1
BW GL Holdings Inc.	2	4.5	0
BW Homecare Holdings LLC	2	4.5	0
BW III Homecare Holdings, LLC	2	4.5	0
BW NHHC Co-Invest, L.P.	2	4.5	0
BW NHHC HOLDCO, LLC	2	4.5	0
Bcip Associates IV US L.P.	2	4.2	0
Blue Wolf Capital Fund III L.P.	2	4.5	0

Updated November 7, 2026. Read from CMS Provider Data Catalog and data.cms.gov, home health. Open data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (US government work). Ratings and measures are as CMS lists them on the date shown and CMS refreshes them on its own schedule. The CMS files are joined on the CMS Certification Number. CMS gives each owner organization an ID, and an owner page groups agencies on that ID. Names of individual owners and managers are not shown. This page uses CMS data and is not endorsed or certified by CMS. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.