Care Initiatives

Primary specialty

Skilled Nursing FacilityTaxonomy code 314000000X

License

180592 Issued in IA

Legal business name

CARE INITIATIVES

Doing business as

Cherokee Specialty Care

Practice address

1011 N Roosevelt Ave
Cherokee, IA 51012-1223

Phone

(712) 225-5189

Fax

(712) 225-6498

NPI assigned

Jan 25, 2006

Last updated

Oct 26, 2022By the provider in NPPES

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

SVP/Cfo

Phone

(515) 224-4442

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Other names 1

• Cherokee Specialty Care Doing business as

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in IA

Enrollment records 1

NPI to CCN mapping 1

The Medicare certification numbers (CCNs) connected to NPI 1740250208. Details of each certification follow.

• CCN 165330 Skilled nursing facility · Active · Details

Skilled nursing facility certification: CCN 165330

Legal name

CARE INITIATIVES

Doing business as

CHEROKEE SPECIALTY CARE

Certification status

Active

Provider type (POS)

Nursing home – SNF/NF dual certification

Participating since

Jun 23, 1997

Last certification

May 22, 2025

Beds

62

Ownership / control type

Nonprofit Corporation

Multi-facility organization

Care Initiatives

Organization structure

CorporationNon-profit

Enrollment address

1011 N Roosevelt Ave
Cherokee, IA 51012-1223

Nursing home name

CHEROKEE SPECIALTY CARE

Affiliated entity

CARE INITIATIVES

Listed as

Cherokee Specialty CareCCN 165330 · All quality measures

Overall star rating

3 of 5

Health inspections

3 of 5

Staffing

3 of 5

Quality measures

3 of 5

Type

Medicare and Medicaid

Ownership

Non profit - Corporation

Certified

Jun 23, 1997

Medicare certification status

ActiveFrom the Provider of Services file

Certified beds

6237.5 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

Locations

All disclosed owners & managing parties 26

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.

• Michael Allen Jurgens, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Orange City, IA
  • NPI 1295724052

  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

  dba New London Specialty Care

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

  Care Initiatives

  CMS ownership
• Care Initiatives

  dba Dubuque Specialty Care

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Dubuque, IA
  • NPI 1033189493

  Care Initiatives

  CMS ownership
• Care Initiatives

  dba Dunlap Specialty Care

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Dunlap, IA
  • NPI 1043282130

  Care Initiatives

  CMS ownership
• Care Initiatives

  dba Correctionville Specialty Care

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Correctionville, IA
  • NPI 1063483220

  Care Initiatives

  CMS ownership
• Care Initiatives

  dba Southern Hills Specialty Care

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Osceola, IA
  • NPI 1063484772

  Care Initiatives

  CMS ownership
• Care Initiatives

  dba Northcrest Specialty Care

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Waterloo, IA
  • NPI 1063484780

  Care Initiatives

  CMS ownership
• Care Initiatives

  dba Wapello Specialty Care

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Wapello, IA
  • NPI 1073586103

  Care Initiatives

  CMS ownership
• Care Initiatives

  dba Oakwood Specialty Care

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Albia, IA
  • NPI 1184696882

  Care Initiatives

  CMS ownership
• Care Initiatives

  dba Eldora Specialty Care

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Eldora, IA
  • NPI 1205808292

  Care Initiatives

  CMS ownership
• Care Initiatives

  dba Atlantic Specialty Care

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Atlantic, IA
  • NPI 1205829595

  Care Initiatives

  CMS ownership
• Care Initiatives

  dba Northern Mahaska Specialty Care

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Oskaloosa, IA
  • NPI 1215900741

  Care Initiatives

  CMS ownership
• Care Initiatives

  dba Panora Specialty Care

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Panora, IA
  • NPI 1225008774

  Care Initiatives

  CMS ownership

Affiliated clinicians 2

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

• Michael Allen Jurgens, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Orange City, IA
  • NPI 1295724052

  Nursing home

  Care Compare affiliation
• Nicholas Christoph Loughlin

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Cherokee, IA
  • NPI 1336679588

  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": "1666742400000",
    "number": "1740250208",
    "addresses": [
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "1611 W LAKES PKWY",
            "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": "1011 N ROOSEVELT AVE",
            "city": "CHEROKEE",
            "state": "IA",
            "postal_code": "510121223",
            "telephone_number": "712-225-5189",
            "fax_number": "712-225-6498"
        }
    ],
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        "organizational_subpart": "NO",
        "enumeration_date": "2006-01-25",
        "last_updated": "2022-10-26",
        "certification_date": "2022-10-26",
        "status": "A",
        "authorized_official_last_name": "DIXON",
        "authorized_official_first_name": "DAVID",
        "authorized_official_title_or_position": "SVP/CFO",
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    },
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        }
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    "endpoints": [],
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        {
            "organization_name": "Cherokee Specialty Care",
            "code": "3",
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        },
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            "code": "3",
            "type": "Doing Business As"
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    ]
}

• Mary Anne Baughman, PA-C
• Jacey D. Benson, PMHNP-BC
• Mary Sue Benson, ARNP
• Peggy Ann Bierman Hinkhouse, LHIS
• Jo Anne Burkhalter, MD
• Careage Hills
• Careage Home Care LLC
• Careage Management LLC (Careage Hills)
• Samantha Carpenter, FNP-C
• Chris C Carr, LISW

• Skilled Nursing Facility in Cherokee, IA
• Providers in Cherokee, IA by specialty
• Skilled Nursing Facility in Iowa

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Oct 26, 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.

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