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Avantara Milbank

1103 South Second Street, Milbank, SD, 57252

Type
Nursing home
Medicare/Medicaid certified · CCN 435009

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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

Overall2 / 5
Health inspections2 / 5
Staffing2 / 5
Quality measures2 / 5

Facility & Staffing

Ownership
For profit - Corporation · Chain: Legacy Healthcare
Certified beds
55 · avg 41 residents/day
Total nursing staff turnover
86.4%higher than most South Dakota nursing homesSouth Dakota avg: 49.0% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
RN turnover
87.5%higher than most South Dakota nursing homesSouth Dakota avg: 37.2% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
Administrators who left
1 departednear the South Dakota averageSouth Dakota avg: 0.3 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare

Enforcement & Citations

Fines (past 3 years)
3 fines · $55,361 total

Medicare certification

CMS Certification Number
435009
Certified beds
55 beds · avg 41 residents/day
Ownership type
For profit - Corporation
Continuing-care community
No

CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026

Ownership & operations

Legal business name
Milbank Sd Skilled Nursing Facility, Llc
Chain affiliation
Legacy Healthcare

CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026

Federal ownership record

For-profitLlc

Chain affiliation

Part of the Legacy Healthcare chain — 89 facilities across 3 states. Chain-wide average overall rating 2.9 / 5.

Disclosed owners (15 on record)

  • Austin j Eggers

    Operational/managerial Control · since 2025

  • Rebecca Pulse

    Operational/managerial Control · since 2024

  • Rsm us Llp

    Adp of The Snf · since 2024

  • Truist Bank

    5% or Greater Security Interest · 100% · since 2022

  • Chaim Rajchenbach Descendants tr ua 04282008

    5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · 43% · since 2019

  • Chaim z Rajchenbach

    Operational/managerial Control · since 2019

+ 9 additional owners on the federal record.

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

Federal inspection record

18 health citations on file8 from complaints3 federal fines totalling $55K

Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 18)

  • E0689·Mar 13, 2025Complaint

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

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

  • F0812·Mar 13, 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.

  • E0675·Mar 13, 2025

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

    Honor each resident's preferences, choices, values and beliefs.

  • D0625·Mar 13, 2025

    Resident Rights Deficiencies

    Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.

  • D0623·Mar 13, 2025

    Resident Rights Deficiencies

    Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.

  • G0760·Dec 18, 2024Complaint

    Pharmacy Service Deficiencies

    Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

  • D0609·Dec 18, 2024Complaint

    Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies

    Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

  • D0585·Dec 18, 2024Complaint

    Resident Rights Deficiencies

    Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.

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Federal penalties

By year

  • 20242 fines · $44K
  • 20231 fine · $11K

Most recent events

  • Dec 18, 2024Fine · $29K
  • Oct 8, 2024Fine · $15K
  • Nov 8, 2023Fine · $11K

Largest single fine on record: $29K.

Fire-safety citations

11 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Mar 13, 2025. 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.

Facility background report

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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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