January, 2020 – Lantern Park Specialty Care has earned the American Healthcare Association’s (AHCA) 2020 Quality Initiative Tier 4 Recognition. Only 66 skilled nursing facilities out Iowa’s 439 achieved this level. Skilled nursing facilities that have achieved four out of four of the established quality initiatives dedicated their efforts over the past year to achieve the following improvements:

Lantern Park Specialty Care in Coralville received a 5-star ranking throughout 2017 in quality measures in skilled nursing facility from  the federal government’s Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Administrator Kari Gerst says the caring environment the staff provide every day is the reason for their success.  “Our staff make the difference. They are diligent, compassionate caretakers who put our residents first.”

For the seventh year in a row, Crestview Specialty Care received a “Deficiency Free” result on its annual survey in January by the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals. There are 412 nursing facilities in Iowa. Generally, only 5 percent are found to be deficiency-free. The facility and its staff have every right to be proud. Crestview Specialty Care also continues to retain its 5-Star rating as calculated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Lantern Park Specialty Care received a “Deficiency Free” result on its annual survey in July by the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals.

     For more than 30 years, Lantern Park Specialty Care has partnered with Goodwill of the Heartland to assist in creating job opportunities for people with barriers to independence. For 26 of those years, Lois Hahn, supervisor of laundry and housekeeping at Lantern Park, has provided those opportunities and supervised dozens of adult workers of all ages as they developed their skill set.