What does the Greater Southside Health and Rehabilitation federal rating mean?

The federal rating is the Medicare/CMS Nursing Home Care Compare overall star rating. It should be reviewed alongside inspection deficiencies, penalties, ownership, staffing, quality measures, and recent source refresh dates.

Does Greater Southside Health and Rehabilitation have penalties or deficiencies?

Greater Southside Health and Rehabilitation has 76 indexed federal health deficiency record(s) and 14 indexed federal penalty record(s) in the current DataVerityHub carehomes dataset.

Why can a federal rating and data concern look different?

The federal star rating is one Medicare/CMS signal. Data concern also considers indexed deficiency and penalty counts, so a facility can have a higher star rating while still showing inspection or enforcement history worth reviewing.

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Greater Southside Health and Rehabilitation ratings, penalties, ownership, and report.

Greater Southside Health and Rehabilitation in Des Moines, IA is listed with a federal rating of 1 / 5, 80 certified beds, 76 deficiency record(s), and 14 penalty record(s) in the current indexed Medicare/CMS data.

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What families should review before choosing this facility

A star rating is only one signal. Before visiting or choosing Greater Southside Health and Rehabilitation, review the facility's inspection history, penalties, ownership type, bed count, staffing and quality-measure context, and whether recent issues have a clear plan of correction.

Location Des Moines, IA 50315

Ownership typeFor profit - Limited Liability company

Deficiency records76

Total fines indexed$736,120

Ownership/control rows8

Data refreshedMay 17, 2026

How to use this page

Read Greater Southside Health and Rehabilitation as a starting point, not a final answer.

This public page is designed to help families decide whether Greater Southside Health and Rehabilitation deserves a deeper look. It brings the most useful public signals into one place, then points you to nearby comparisons, source notes, and the paid report when you need citations and issue-level detail.

What is free here

Facility name, location, federal rating status, bed count, deficiency count, penalty count, ownership type, refresh date, local comparison paths, and plain-English context.

What the paid report adds

Source citations, deficiency and penalty rows, ownership/control records, quality-measure highlights, staffing signals where available, score keys, and questions tailored to the facility's record.

What to verify directly

Current staffing, availability, resident fit, recent complaints, state-level updates, care-plan communication, and whether the facility can explain corrections after any public issue.

Research pathways

Keep researching Greater Southside Health and Rehabilitation in context

These internal pages help users and search engines connect this facility to its local market, state, ownership type, and consumer education pages.

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Nearby comparison

Compare Greater Southside Health and Rehabilitation with nearby nursing homes

Use this side-by-side view to spot rating, bed, deficiency, and penalty differences before ordering reports.

Facility	Federal rating	Beds	Deficiencies	Penalties	Ownership
Greater Southside Health and RehabilitationDes Moines, IA 50315	1 / 5	80	76	14	For profit - Limited Liability company
Accura Healthcare of South Des MoinesDes Moines, IA 50315	1 / 5	89	75	5	For profit - Limited Liability company
Azria Health Park PlaceDes Moines, IA 50316	1 / 5	70	69	2	For profit - Limited Liability company
Southfield Wellness CommunityWebster City, IA 50595	1 / 5	65	61	2	For profit - Limited Liability company
Harmony West Des MoinesWest Des Moines, IA 50265	1 / 5	113	64	0	For profit - Corporation

Questions to ask when you contact or visit Greater Southside Health and Rehabilitation

What changed after the most recent inspection deficiency, and who verifies the correction?
How does the facility explain any penalties, fines, or payment denials in the public record?
Who owns and operates the facility day to day, and who can families contact above the administrator?
How does staffing coverage change on nights, weekends, and holidays?
What should families know about falls, infections, rehospitalizations, complaints, and resident council concerns?

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