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Good Samaritan Society Tyndall

2304 Laurel Street, Tyndall, SD, 57066

Type
Nursing home
Medicare/Medicaid certified · CCN 435098Nonprofit

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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
Staffing3 / 5
Quality measures2 / 5

Facility & Staffing

Ownership
Non profit - Corporation · Chain: Good Samaritan Society
Certified beds
68 · avg 55 residents/day
Total nursing staff turnover
54.3%higher than most South Dakota nursing homesSouth Dakota avg: 49.0% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
RN turnover
22.2%lower 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 · $49,720 total

Medicare certification

CMS Certification Number
435098
Certified beds
68 beds · avg 55 residents/day
Ownership type
Non profit - Corporation
Continuing-care community
No

CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026

Ownership & operations

Legal business name
The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society
Chain affiliation
Good Samaritan Society

CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026

Federal ownership record

Non-profitCorporation

Chain affiliation

Part of the Good Samaritan Society chain — 92 facilities across 10 states. Chain-wide average overall rating 3.0 / 5.

Disclosed owners (21 on record)

  • Andrew Stewart North

    Corporate Director · since 2024

  • Brent Gerard Teiken

    Corporate Director · since 2024

  • Dana James Dykhouse

    Corporate Director · since 2024

  • David Jonathan Shulkin

    Corporate Director · since 2024

  • Lauris Nelson Molbert

    Corporate Director · since 2024

  • Mark Allen Lundeen

    Corporate Director · since 2024

+ 15 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

10 health citations on file3 from complaints3 federal fines totalling $50K

Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 10)

  • G0689·Jul 17, 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.

  • E0755·Jun 12, 2025Complaint

    Pharmacy Service Deficiencies

    Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.

  • D0741·Jun 12, 2025Complaint

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

    Ensure that the facility has sufficient staff members who possess the competencies and skills to meet the behavioral health needs of residents.

  • E0880·Jan 24, 2025

    Infection Control Deficiencies

    Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

  • D0760·Jan 24, 2025

    Pharmacy Service Deficiencies

    Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

  • G0689·Jan 24, 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.

  • D0657·Jan 24, 2025

    Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

    Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.

  • E0692·Sep 28, 2023

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

    Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.

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Federal penalties

By year

  • 20252 fines · $38K
  • 20231 fine · $12K

Most recent events

  • Jul 17, 2025Fine · $14K
  • Jan 24, 2025Fine · $24K
  • Sep 28, 2023Fine · $12K

Largest single fine on record: $24K.

Fire-safety citations

4 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Jan 24, 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.

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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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