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Iowa Health System: 11 hospitals, 5 with HAC payment reductions
CMS lists Iowa Health System as an owner or manager of 11 hospitals in 3 states, 11 of them with emergency services. The average overall rating is 3.2 of 5 and none is rated one star. In fiscal year 2026, 5 of them faced a 1% Medicare payment reduction under the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program, and 6 had an excess readmission ratio above 1.0 on at least one condition tracked by the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program.
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- Hospitals
- 11, of which 2 owned and 10 managed
- States
- 3
- Based in
- West Des Moines, IA
- CMS lists this owner as
- chain home office, nonprofit
- Average overall rating
- 3.2 of 5
- One star hospitals
- 0
- Five star hospitals
- 1
- With emergency services
- 11
- HAC payment reductions, fiscal year 2026
- 5 of 10 in the program
- With excess readmissions
- 6
Hospitals
Hospitals with a HAC payment reduction first, then by most conditions with excess readmissions, then by lowest star rating. Each row links to the hospital page and its Medicare Care Compare record.
| Hospital | City | State | Role | Type | Stars | Emergency | HAC payment cut | Excess readmission conditions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finley Hospital | Dubuque | IA | Indirect owner, Operational or managerial control | Acute Care Hospitals | 3 | Yes | Yes | 3 | medicare.gov |
| Unitypoint Health, Marshalltown | Marshalltown | IA | Operational or managerial control | Acute Care Hospitals | 3 | Yes | Yes | 1 | medicare.gov |
| Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | IA | Operational or managerial control | Acute Care Hospitals | 2 | Yes | Yes | 0 | medicare.gov |
| St Lukes Regional Medical Center | Sioux City | IA | Operational or managerial control | Acute Care Hospitals | 2 | Yes | Yes | 0 | medicare.gov |
| Trinity Regional Medical Center | Fort Dodge | IA | Operational or managerial control | Acute Care Hospitals | 2 | Yes | Yes | 0 | medicare.gov |
| Trinity Rock Island | Rock Island | IL | Operational or managerial control | Acute Care Hospitals | 3 | Yes | No | 4 | medicare.gov |
| Trinity, Bettendorf | Bettendorf | IA | Operational or managerial control | Acute Care Hospitals | 3 | Yes | No | 2 | medicare.gov |
| St Lukes Hospital | Cedar Rapids | IA | Operational or managerial control | Acute Care Hospitals | 4 | Yes | No | 2 | medicare.gov |
| Unitypoint Health, Meriter | Madison | WI | Indirect owner | Acute Care Hospitals | 5 | Yes | No | 2 | medicare.gov |
| Jones Regional Medical Center | Anamosa | IA | Operational or managerial control | Critical Access Hospitals | 4 | Yes | Not in program | Not listed | medicare.gov |
| Trinity Muscatine | Muscatine | IA | Operational or managerial control | Acute Care Hospitals | 4 | Yes | No | 0 | medicare.gov |
By state
| State | Hospitals | Average stars | One star | HAC payment cuts | With excess readmissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | 9 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| Illinois | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Updated November 7, 2026. Read from CMS Provider Data Catalog and data.cms.gov, hospitals. Open data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (US government work). Ratings and program results 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 hospitals 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.