Care Initiatives

Primary specialty

Skilled Nursing FacilityTaxonomy code 314000000X

License

070582 Issued in IA

Legal business name

CARE INITIATIVES

Practice address

2001 Heath Street
Waterloo, IA 50703-1214

Phone

(319) 234-4423

Fax

(319) 234-0182

NPI assigned

Feb 6, 2006

Organization subpart

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Authorized official

Name

David Dixon

Title

Cfo/SVP

Phone

(515) 224-4442

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Other names 1

• Northcrest Specialty Care Doing business as

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in IA

Enrollment records 1

Skilled nursing facility certification: CCN 165165

Legal name

CARE INITIATIVES

Doing business as

NORTHCREST SPECIALTY CARE

Certification status

Active

Provider type (POS)

Nursing home – SNF/NF dual certification

Participating since

Feb 1, 1992

Last certification

Jan 30, 2025

Beds

94

Ownership / control type

Nonprofit Corporation

Multi-facility organization

Care Initiatives

Organization structure

CorporationNon-profit

Enrollment address

2001 Heath St
Waterloo, IA 50703-1214

Nursing home name

NORTHCREST SPECIALTY CARE

Affiliated entity

CARE INITIATIVES

Listed as

Northcrest Specialty CareCCN 165165

Overall star rating

2 of 5

Health inspections

2 of 5

Staffing

4 of 5

Quality measures

4 of 5

Type

Medicare and Medicaid

Ownership

Non profit - Corporation

Certified

Feb 1, 1992

Medicare certification status

ActiveFrom the Provider of Services file

Certified beds

9486.2 residents per day on average

Chain

Care Initiatives43 facilities in the chain

Processed by Care Compare on Aug 1, 2026.

These CMS records do not include an NPI. They are shown because their name and street address match this provider’s.

CLIA laboratory certificates

All disclosed owners & managing parties 27

As disclosed on the Medicare enrollment (CMS All Owners files). Individuals include officers, directors and managing employees, who may not hold ownership.

Owners & managing parties with NPI records 1

Owners and managing parties disclosed on this facility’s Medicare enrollment that are themselves Medicare-enrolled.

• Russell Adams, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Waterloo, IA
  • NPI 1023094265

  Adp of the SNF, Operational/Managerial Control

  CMS ownership

All facility ownership & control disclosures 44

Facilities whose Medicare enrollment lists this provider’s PECOS associate ID as an owner or managing party.

Facilities with the same owner 44

Facilities that share an organizational owner with 5% or greater ownership or operational control.

• Care Initiatives

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • New London, IA
  • NPI 1023081197

  Care Initiatives

  CMS ownership
• Care Initiatives

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Dubuque, IA
  • NPI 1033189493

  Care Initiatives

  CMS ownership
• Care Initiatives

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Dunlap, IA
  • NPI 1043282130

  Care Initiatives

  CMS ownership
• Care Initiatives

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Correctionville, IA
  • NPI 1063483220

  Care Initiatives

  CMS ownership
• Care Initiatives

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Osceola, IA
  • NPI 1063484772

  Care Initiatives

  CMS ownership
• Care Initiatives

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Wapello, IA
  • NPI 1073586103

  Care Initiatives

  CMS ownership
• Care Initiatives

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Albia, IA
  • NPI 1184696882

  Care Initiatives

  CMS ownership
• Care Initiatives

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Eldora, IA
  • NPI 1205808292

  Care Initiatives

  CMS ownership
• Care Initiatives

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Atlantic, IA
  • NPI 1205829595

  Care Initiatives

  CMS ownership
• Care Initiatives

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Oskaloosa, IA
  • NPI 1215900741

  Care Initiatives

  CMS ownership
• Care Initiatives

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Panora, IA
  • NPI 1225008774

  Care Initiatives

  CMS ownership
• Care Initiatives

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Manly, IA
  • NPI 1235101817

  Care Initiatives

  CMS ownership

Clinicians who list this facility as an affiliation in Medicare Care Compare.

• Michele L. Friedman, A.R.N.P.

  • Nurse Practitioner
  • Waterloo, IA
  • NPI 1508844465

  Nursing home

  Care Compare affiliation
• Tabetha Marie Gehrke, AGACNP

  • Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
  • Waterloo, IA
  • NPI 1588006928

  Nursing home

  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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    "enumeration_type": "NPI-2",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1667952000000",
    "number": "1063484780",
    "addresses": [
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "1611 WEST LAKES PARKWAY",
            "city": "WEST DES MOINES",
            "state": "IA",
            "postal_code": "502668212",
            "telephone_number": "515-224-4442",
            "fax_number": "515-224-0960"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "2001 HEATH STREET",
            "city": "WATERLOO",
            "state": "IA",
            "postal_code": "507031214",
            "telephone_number": "319-234-4423",
            "fax_number": "319-234-0182"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "organization_name": "CARE INITIATIVES",
        "organizational_subpart": "NO",
        "enumeration_date": "2006-02-06",
        "last_updated": "2022-11-09",
        "certification_date": "2022-11-09",
        "status": "A",
        "authorized_official_last_name": "DIXON",
        "authorized_official_first_name": "DAVID",
        "authorized_official_title_or_position": "CFO/SVP",
        "authorized_official_telephone_number": "515-224-4442"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "314000000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Skilled Nursing Facility",
            "state": "IA",
            "license": "070582",
            "primary": true
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [
        {
            "code": "05",
            "desc": "MEDICAID",
            "issuer": null,
            "identifier": "0808261",
            "state": "IA"
        }
    ],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": [
        {
            "organization_name": "Northcrest Specialty Care",
            "code": "3",
            "type": "Doing Business As"
        },
        {
            "organization_name": "Northcrest Specialty Care",
            "code": "3",
            "type": "Doing Business As"
        }
    ]
}

• Robert John Cak, MD
• Katie Callahan, PHARMD
• Driss Ben H Cammoun, MD
• Melita Campbell
• Stephen M Cardamone, D.O.
• Care Initiatives
• Chelsea Carlson, PHARMD
• Jenise Lynn Carmody, PHARMD
• Mervin M. Carnahan, MSW
• Arianna Carroll, LMHC

• All providers in Waterloo, IA
• Skilled Nursing Facility in Iowa

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Nov 9, 2022; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; facility enrollments, owners and changes of ownership; Provider of Services certification data.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.