CCN 165338 · Allamakee County, Iowa

Northgate Care Center

960 4th Street NW, Waukon, IA 52172

Northgate Care Center is a 50-bed for-profit nursing home in Waukon, Iowa, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1997. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 41.2 residents a day, about 82% of its certified beds. We found no FHA-insured Section 232 loan for it in HUD's healthcare endorsement database (fiscal 2001 onward).

Facility facts

Certified beds
50
Average residents per day
41.2 (82.4% of beds)
Ownership type
For profit - Corporation
Certification
Medicare and Medicaid
Legal business name
Waukon Ia Skilled Nursing Facility LLC
Certified since
Aug 1, 1997
Chain or affiliated group
Legacy Healthcare (95 facilities, chain average 2.9 stars)
Location
Rural

Ratings and staffing

Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.

MeasureThis facilityIowa medianUS median
Overall rating1 of 5State spread: 78 at 1, 61 at 2, 86 at 3, 69 at 4, 91 at 5
Health inspections1 of 5
Quality measures3 of 5
Staffing3 of 5
Total nurse hours per resident per day2.973.693.68
RN hours per resident per day0.400.700.58
Weekend nurse hours per resident per day2.62
Nursing staff turnover34.3%41.9%44.9%
Occupancy (residents / beds)82.4%83.6%85.7%
Fines reported by CMS1 totaling $87,160
Health deficiencies, latest standard survey18 (Mar 4, 2026)

HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part

HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). Northgate Care Center does not meet it today: overall rating 1, health inspection rating 1. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.

Who owns and operates it

These are the owners and operators the facility reported to CMS: anyone with a 5% or greater direct or indirect stake, and any organization with operational or managerial control.

NameRoleShareSince
Legacy Healthcare Financial Services LLCOrganizationOperational / Managerial Controln/a08/15/2024
Beasley, KarlaIndividualOperational / Managerial Controln/a08/15/2024
Behounek, LinseyIndividualOperational / Managerial Controln/a08/15/2024
Borcherding, JennyIndividualOperational / Managerial Controln/a08/15/2024
Burken, SheriIndividualOperational / Managerial Controln/a08/15/2024
Friedenberg, LauraIndividualOperational / Managerial Controln/a08/15/2024
Hedberg, JenniferIndividualOperational / Managerial Controln/a08/15/2024
Hennager, ChristinaIndividualOperational / Managerial Controln/a08/15/2024
Heying, LarinaIndividualOperational / Managerial Controln/a08/15/2024
Houston, MindyIndividualOperational / Managerial Controln/a08/15/2024
Jaeger, KrystleIndividualOperational / Managerial Controln/a08/15/2024
Larson, MelissaIndividualOperational / Managerial Controln/a08/15/2024
Love-Steiber, AndreaIndividualOperational / Managerial Controln/a10/01/2024
McClure, DorothyIndividualOperational / Managerial Controln/a08/15/2024

In its Medicare enrollment record, the facility reported a real estate investment trust owner: Gpn Family Trust U/a/D 4/28/08. Those flags are self-reported to CMS and many PE and REIT ties go unflagged.

Changes of ownership

EffectiveBuyerSeller
Aug 15, 2024Waukon Ia Skilled Nursing Facility LLCAbcm Corporation

HUD Section 232 loans

No FHA-insured loan matching this facility appears in HUD's database of healthcare endorsements, which covers fiscal 2001 onward (HUD data run of July 8, 2026). A loan could still exist under a different project name or from before 2001.

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Sources and dates

Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.

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