Care Initiatives

Primary specialty

Skilled Nursing FacilityTaxonomy code 314000000X

License

070583 Issued in IA

Legal business name

CARE INITIATIVES

Practice address

2651 Saint Francis Dr
Waterloo, IA 50702-5442

Phone

(319) 232-6808

Fax

(319) 232-4402

NPI assigned

Feb 7, 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

SVP/Cfo

Phone

(515) 224-4442

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Other identifiers 2

Other names 1

• Ravenwood Specialty Care Doing business as

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in IA

Enrollment records 1

Skilled nursing facility certification: CCN 165251

Legal name

CARE INITIATIVES

Doing business as

RAVENWOOD SPECIALTY CARE

Certification status

Active

Provider type (POS)

Nursing home – SNF/NF dual certification

Participating since

Mar 27, 1995

Last certification

Oct 24, 2024

Beds

176

Ownership / control type

Nonprofit Corporation

Multi-facility organization

Care Initiatives

Organization structure

CorporationNon-profit

Enrollment address

2651 Saint Francis Dr
Waterloo, IA 50702-5442

Nursing home name

RAVENWOOD SPECIALTY CARE

Affiliated entity

CARE INITIATIVES

Listed as

Ravenwood Specialty CareCCN 165251

Overall star rating

1 of 5

Health inspections

1 of 5

Staffing

4 of 5

Quality measures

2 of 5

Type

Medicare and Medicaid

Ownership

Non profit - Corporation

Certified

Mar 27, 1995

Medicare certification status

ActiveFrom the Provider of Services file

Certified beds

176131.0 residents per day on average

Chain

Care Initiatives43 facilities in the chain

Processed by Care Compare on Aug 1, 2026.

Locations

All disclosed owners & managing parties 29

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.

• Brian Whyms, DO

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Des Moines, IA
  • NPI 1821440066

  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
  • Waterloo, IA
  • NPI 1063484780

  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

Practitioners 3

Individual providers connected to this organization through Medicare benefit reassignment, Care Compare group membership or National Provider Directory roles.

• Julie Marie Quade, DPT

  • Physical Therapist
  • Cedar Falls, IA
  • NPI 1609728161
  NPD (past)
• Linda Upmeyer, ARNP

  • Nurse Practitioner
  • Mason City, IA
  • NPI 1275664419
  NPD (past)
• Katie A Zeien, AGPCNP

  • Gerontology Nurse Practitioner
  • Cedar Falls, IA
  • NPI 1841081726
  NPD (past)

Affiliated clinicians 3

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

• Darron Paul Cutler, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Waterloo, IA
  • NPI 1396853750

  Nursing home

  Care Compare affiliation
• Tabetha Marie Gehrke, AGACNP

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

  Nursing home

  Care Compare affiliation
• Pradeep Manjanbail Ramesh, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Waterloo, IA
  • NPI 1053349167

  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": "1668038400000",
    "number": "1780657247",
    "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": "2651 SAINT FRANCIS DR",
            "city": "WATERLOO",
            "state": "IA",
            "postal_code": "507025442",
            "telephone_number": "319-232-6808",
            "fax_number": "319-232-4402"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "organization_name": "CARE INITIATIVES",
        "organizational_subpart": "NO",
        "enumeration_date": "2006-02-07",
        "last_updated": "2022-11-10",
        "certification_date": "2022-11-10",
        "status": "A",
        "authorized_official_last_name": "DIXON",
        "authorized_official_first_name": "DAVID",
        "authorized_official_title_or_position": "SVP/CFO",
        "authorized_official_telephone_number": "515-224-4442"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
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            "code": "314000000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Skilled Nursing Facility",
            "state": "IA",
            "license": "070583",
            "primary": true
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [
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            "desc": "MEDICAID",
            "issuer": null,
            "identifier": "0652511",
            "state": "IA"
        },
        {
            "code": "05",
            "desc": "MEDICAID",
            "issuer": null,
            "identifier": "0808279",
            "state": "IA"
        }
    ],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": [
        {
            "organization_name": "Ravenwood Specialty Care",
            "code": "3",
            "type": "Doing Business As"
        },
        {
            "organization_name": "Ravenwood Specialty Care",
            "code": "3",
            "type": "Doing Business As"
        }
    ]
}

• 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
• Maren C. Carroll, ATC, LAT

• 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 10, 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.