Sauer Health Care
1635 West Service Drive, Winona, MN, 55987
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Official records from CMS Care Compare — reported by the facility and audited by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. We present them unmodified. Refreshed June 2026.
CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 61 · avg 46 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 32.7% — lower than most Minnesota nursing homesMinnesota avg: 42.5% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 25% — lower than most Minnesota nursing homesMinnesota avg: 38.5% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 0 departed — near the Minnesota averageMinnesota avg: 0.6 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 245102
- Certified beds
- 61 beds · avg 46 residents/day
- Ownership type
- Non profit - Corporation
- Continuing-care community
- No
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- Sauer Health Care
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Disclosed owners (12 on record)
- Gregory Schaefer
Corporate Director · since 2024
- Jessica Muras
Corporate Officer · since 2023
- Annie Ruppert
Corporate Director · since 2023
- Jennifer j Forsyth
Operational/managerial Control · since 2022
- Bernard m Klinger
Corporate Director · since 2022
- John Curran
Corporate Director · since 2021
+ 6 additional owners on the federal record.
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners, as of May 2026.
Federal inspection record
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 19)
- D0725·Mar 19, 2026Complaint
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
- F0713·Mar 19, 2026Complaint
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Provide or arrange emergency care by a doctor 24 hours a day.
- D0690·Mar 19, 2026Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
- D0689·Mar 19, 2026Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- D0684·Mar 19, 2026Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- D0880·Jan 7, 2026
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- F0812·Jan 7, 2026
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- D0756·Jan 7, 2026
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Fire-safety citations
6 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Jan 7, 2026. Fire-safety inspections cover building-level Life Safety Code compliance, separate from the resident-care health survey.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Health Deficiencies, Fire Safety Deficiencies, and Penalties datasets, snapshot Jun 1, 2026.
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