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Lake Andes Senior Living

740 East Lake St, Lake Andes, SD, 57356

Type
Nursing home
Medicare/Medicaid certified · CCN 435097

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Federal Quality Data

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.

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CMS Star Ratings

Overall1 / 5
Health inspections1 / 5
Staffing3 / 5
Quality measures4 / 5

Facility & Staffing

Ownership
For profit - Individual · Chain: Accura Healthcare
Certified beds
43 · avg 42 residents/day
Total nursing staff turnover
33.3%lower than most South Dakota nursing homesSouth Dakota avg: 49.0% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
RN turnover
37.5%near the South Dakota averageSouth Dakota avg: 37.2% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare

Enforcement & Citations

Fines (past 3 years)
2 fines · $102,440 total

Medicare certification

CMS Certification Number
435097
Certified beds
43 beds · avg 42 residents/day
Ownership type
For profit - Individual
Continuing-care community
No

CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026

Ownership & operations

Legal business name
Lake Andes Health Care Center, Inc.
Chain affiliation
Accura Healthcare

CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026

Federal ownership record

For-profitCorporation

Chain affiliation

Part of the Accura Healthcare chain — 41 facilities across 4 states. Chain-wide average overall rating 2.4 / 5.

Disclosed owners (7 on record)

  • Paul d Berndt

    W-2 Managing Employee · since 2024

  • Molly Wright

    W-2 Managing Employee · since 2023

  • American Healthcare Management Services Llc

    Operational/managerial Control · 100% · since 2019

  • Ted a Leneave

    Corporate Officer · since 2019

  • Tealwood Enterprise Inc

    5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · since 2012

  • Howard a Groff

    5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · 50% · since 2008

+ 1 additional owner on the federal record.

Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Chain Performance Measures, as of May 2026.

Federal inspection record

21 health citations on file2 immediate-jeopardy findings1 from complaints2 federal fines totalling $102K

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Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 21)

  • D0880·Aug 21, 2025

    Infection Control Deficiencies

    Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

  • E0812·Aug 21, 2025

    Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies

    Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

  • D0689·Aug 21, 2025

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

    Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

  • G0689·Oct 16, 2024Complaint

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

    Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

  • F0944·Sep 5, 2024

    Administration Deficiencies

    Conduct mandatory training, for all staff, on the facility’s Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Program.

  • K0880·Sep 5, 2024

    Infection Control Deficiencies

    Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

  • F0867·Sep 5, 2024

    Administration Deficiencies

    Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.

  • E0842·Sep 5, 2024

    Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

    Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

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Federal penalties

By year

  • 20242 fines · $102K

Most recent events

  • Oct 16, 2024Fine · $11K
  • Sep 5, 2024Fine · $92K

Largest single fine on record: $92K.

Fire-safety citations

1 Life-Safety-Code citation on file. Most recent: Sep 5, 2024. 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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Where this information comes from

  • Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.

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