Palo Alto County Hospital
Nursing home in Emmetsburg, Iowa. CMS overall rating 5 of 5 as of 2026-10-01.
From the public record
- CMS overall rating
- 5 of 5 stars
- Health inspection rating
- 4 of 5
- Staffing rating
- 4 of 5
- Quality measures rating
- 5 of 5
- Certified beds
- 22
- Average residents per day
- 22
- Ownership
- Government - County
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 22%
- Last standard health inspection
- 2025-07-17
- Medicare/Medicaid certified since
- 1986-02-05
- Accepts
- Medicare and Medicaid
Source: CMS Care Compare, Nursing Home Provider Information (source). Last verified 2026-10-30. Report a correction.
How to read these ratings
CMS rates nursing homes 1 to 5 stars in three areas and combines them into an overall rating. The health-inspection rating comes from state surveys and complaint investigations over three years; the staffing rating from payroll-reported nurse hours per resident; the quality-measure rating from clinical data the home reports itself. Experts weight the inspection and staffing ratings more than the self-reported quality measures. Read the latest inspection report on Medicare Care Compare before visiting.
Cite this page
Senior Care Massachusetts. "Palo Alto County Hospital." https://seniorcare.ma.townbrief.com/ia/providers/palo-alto-county-hospital-emmetsburg/ (data: CMS Care Compare, Nursing Home Provider Information; retrieved 2026-10-30). Record id cms-nh-16E668.