CMS Care Compare · 2026 3 nursing homes Iowa

Cass County, Iowa

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County inventory for Cass County, Iowa is drawn from U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nursing Home Compare / Home Health Compare (14,710 Medicare-certified nursing homes nationwide) with cost context from the private CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey - see our methodology. Nursing-home inventory signature

3 nursing homes place Cass County mid-pack on nursing-home inventory (3–4 homes) - 192 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 Iowa cost medians, CMS Five-Star averages.

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Sheet IA-CASS-IOWA · Cass, IA

NH-SMALL · BEDS-FEW · STAR-LOW · HH-SMALL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-NONE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • NH-SMALL 3 homes
  • BEDS-FEW 192 beds
  • STAR-LOW 2.7★ avg
  • HH-SMALL 1 HH
  • RANK-MID #1,037/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-MID $5,381/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 3/3 NH · 1/1 HH

Stamps lead with nursing-home inventory tercile (mid) plus licensed beds, Five-Star county average, Home Health Compare agencies, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians, not a generic peer board.

What a mid-pack nursing-home book shows for Cass County

Cass County, Iowa is mid-pack on nursing-home inventory with 3 nursing homes and 192 licensed beds. Rated facilities average 2.7/5 (1 at 4★+, 1 at 1–2★). Home Health Compare maps 1 agency alongside that book.

CareScout 2025 Iowa medians frame mid-pack counties like this: assisted living $5,381/mo, semi-private nursing $9,277/mo, private nursing $10,038/mo, home health aide $7,836/mo, adult day $1,614/mo. Local Cass County providers may sit above or below those state medians.

Star counts across Cass County break as 1 at 1★, 1 at 3★, 1 at 4★. Ownership leans Non profit - Corporation (33% of 3 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Heritage House. Families typically weigh the ladder alongside bed size, ownership, distance, and specialty units before visiting.

1★
1
2★
0
3★
1
4★
1
5★
0

Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.

$5,381
Assisted Living / mo
$9,277
Nursing (Semi) / mo
$7,836
Home Care / mo
2.7
Avg CMS Rating

Top facilities in Cass, IA

Ranked by CMS overall star rating, not an editorial "best of" pick. Visit in person and consult a care professional before choosing.

  1. 1
    Heritage House
    4★
  2. 2
    Atlantic Specialty Care
    3★
  3. 3
    Caring Acres Nursing and Rehab Center
    1★

Nursing Homes in Cass County

3 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Heritage House Atlantic 4/5 61 Non profit - Corporation
Atlantic Specialty Care Atlantic 3/5 90 For profit - Corporation
Caring Acres Nursing and Rehab Center Anita 1/5 41 For profit - Limited Liability company

Home Health Agencies in Cass County

Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.

Agency City Quality Rating
Home Sweet Home Care Atlantic N/A

Read next beside this mid-pack Cass book

Read CMS stars with Cass County's 2.7 average
Mid-pack context for Cass: How inspection, staffing, and quality measures combine when the county mean sits below 3★.
Choosing among 3 Cass County homes
A visit checklist that starts from CMS stars, then adds staffing, ownership, and specialty units.
Nursing home vs assisted living near Cass
Care-level and cost differences before you shortlist a CMS-certified facility.
Cost calculator for Cass County planning
State CareScout medians rolled into a monthly planning estimate.

Continue on the Iowa elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Iowa state-level medians from CareScout 2025 (county-level cost data is not available).

Read our methodology - how CMS Care Compare and CareScout 2025 are joined for Cass County.