Wakonda Heritage Manor
515 Ohio Street, Wakonda, SD, 57073
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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 - Other · Chain: Avera Health
- Certified beds
- 38 · avg 34 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 38.7% — lower than most South Dakota nursing homesSouth Dakota avg: 49.0% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 33.3% — near the South Dakota averageSouth Dakota avg: 37.2% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 0 departed — near the South Dakota averageSouth Dakota avg: 0.3 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 1 fine · $12,675 total
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 435094
- Certified beds
- 38 beds · avg 34 residents/day
- Ownership type
- Non profit - Other
- Continuing-care community
- No
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- Wakonda Heritage Manor
- Chain affiliation
- Avera Health
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Avera Health chain — 13 facilities across 3 states. Chain-wide average overall rating 3.5 / 5.
Disclosed owners (15 on record)
- Sacred Heart Health Services
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Wakonda Heritage Manor
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Helen Fitzgerald
Corporate Officer · since 2025
- Robin Stockland
Corporate Officer · since 2017
- Julie Nelsen
Corporate Officer · since 2017
- Brittani Davis
Corporate Officer · since 2015
+ 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
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 5 of 5)
- G0689·Feb 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·Feb 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.
- D0803·Jun 24, 2024Complaint
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
- D0880·Oct 19, 2023
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- E0812·Aug 18, 2022
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20251 fine · $13K
Most recent events
- Feb 13, 2025Fine · $13K
Fire-safety citations
3 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Feb 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.
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- Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.
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