Mn Veterans Home-Fergus Falls

Location & what’s nearby

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Nearest of each type, straight-line distance. Hospitals come from the CMS Hospital General Information registry; everything else from Overture Maps (public data). Hospital and park hours are typical — call ahead to confirm.

Quality measures — how residents actually fare

Quality-measure stars summarize outcomes CMS tracks from the assessments each home submits — avoidable hospitalizations and ER visits, falls with injury, pressure ulcers, unplanned weight loss, and long-term antipsychotic use. Because the underlying data is self-reported, weigh a high score against the independent inspection record. Long-stay = permanent residents; short-stay = rehab and post-hospital stays.

Short-stay rehab — if you are coming here from a hospital

Arriving from a hospital right now? Read the discharge guide → — your appeal rights, how to slow a rushed discharge, and what to ask about the numbers below.

Therapy staffing: this home’s payroll records show 0.06 therapist hours per resident per day in 2026Q1 — more than 3% of the 13,892 homes that report any therapy hours at all.

Weekend therapy: weekend therapy hours are 0% of this home’s weekday level — it runs therapy on weekdays, with essentially none at the weekend. The median home that reports therapy runs 13% — weekday-focused therapy is the industry norm, not a shortfall. But recovery does not pause on a Saturday: ask what the weekend actually looks like here.

This section is about rehab stays, not living here. Most of this page — the stars, the quality measures, the inspection record — describes the home the way a permanent resident experiences it. These figures describe the short Medicare stay after a hospital discharge: a hip, a stroke, a bad infection, six weeks and home. They are different residents, different staff, often a different wing. Therapy hours are per resident in the building, not per rehab patient — the count includes every long-stay resident, and they mostly get no therapy at all. So a home with a small rehab wing inside a large nursing population reads low here even if its rehab patients get plenty of therapy, and a mostly-rehab home reads high. Use it to compare homes doing similar work, ask what a rehab resident actually gets in a day, and remember that CMS does not publish therapy minutes per patient — nobody does.

Staffing

How full it usually is: this home is certified for 85 beds and averages 75.7 residents a day — about 89% occupied, or roughly 9 beds typically open. It runs fairly full. This is a CMS average, not live availability — no public source publishes real-time vacancies, and a home can be full the day you call. Confirm with the home, and if you need a Medicaid bed specifically, ask about that separately: a home with open beds may still not have an open Medicaid bed.

Against a benchmark — not a legal minimum. In May 2024 CMS finalized the first federal staffing floor for nursing homes: 3.48 total nurse hours per resident per day, including 0.55 RN hours and 2.45 nurse-aide hours. Its hour requirements never took effect and are no longer on the books. Homes had until 2026 (2027 if rural) to comply, and that deadline never arrived: a federal court vacated the hour requirements in April 2025 (CMS has appealed), Congress then barred enforcement until 2034, and CMS formally repealed them by rule effective February 2026. This home is not required to meet these numbers, and is not violating anything by missing them. We still show the comparison because the figures are CMS’s own published estimate of adequate staffing, which makes them a useful yardstick — but they are our benchmark, not federal law: this home’s total nurse staffing of 5.17 hrs/resident/day is at or above the 3.48-hour benchmark and RN staffing of 1.85 is at or above the 0.55-hour RN benchmark and nurse-aide staffing of 2.78 is at or above the 2.45-hour aide benchmark. What federal law does require today is unchanged: “sufficient” nursing staff for residents’ needs and an RN on duty at least 8 consecutive hours a day, 7 days a week (42 CFR 483.35). Those are judged by inspectors on site, not by these averages, so read this comparison alongside the inspection record rather than as a pass/fail.

Weekend coverage: total nurse staffing is 4.65 hrs/resident/day on weekends vs 5.37 on weekdays — 13% thinner on weekends. RN hours go from 2.05 to 1.34 per resident-day. (Payroll-based daily records; the national median home is 15% thinner on weekends.)

This home’s total nursing-staff turnover of 27% is below the national median of 45%.

Payroll-based (PBJ) staffing hours, as reported for Jan–Mar 2026 (CMS PBJ CY2026Q1) — the most recent quarter CMS has published, so they can lag a change of operator or staffing agency. Higher is generally better. Registered-nurse coverage and weekend staffing are the numbers families most often overlook — an RN on site matters most when something goes wrong, and coverage usually thins on weekends. High turnover means residents rarely see the same caregiver twice. One caveat: these are hours as reported, not adjusted for how sick or heavy-care this home’s residents are. CMS separately publishes a case-mix-adjusted view; we show the reported hours. A home caring for higher-acuity residents needs more hours to deliver the same care, so compare these figures against homes doing similar work, and read them next to the inspection record rather than alone.

Inspection trend

Deficiencies are fewer than at the previous inspection — improving. Fewer citations over time suggests a home is fixing problems; a rising count is a warning sign — though two surveys are a short record, and survey teams differ. These counts are from the standard annual health survey only; the full citation list below may also include findings from complaint investigations, so the two won’t always add up.

Inspection deficiencies

State health-inspection citations, most serious first. Each carries an F-code (the federal rule it cites, e.g. F-684 = quality of care) and a letter A–L marking how serious and how widespread the problem was — we translate that grid into the plain tiers shown here. Wording is the official federal description.

Each letter is a CMS scope-severity level; highlighted ones are where this home has citations. A–C = no harm found; D–F = potential for harm; G–I = actual harm; J–L = immediate jeopardy. Within each band the later letter is the more widespread finding (an isolated G is one resident; a widespread I is a pattern), so rightward and downward is worse.

• Immediate jeopardy · J2026-04-27 · tag F0600 — failed to protect residents from abuse and neglect — isolated
  Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on interview, observation and document review the facility failed to provide adequate supervision and monitoring to prevent resident to resident physical abuse for 1 of 1 resident (R1) reviewed for abuse when R2, who had a history of verbal and physical aggression towards staff and residents went into R1's room, allegedly grabbed him by the neck and threw him to the floor before leaving the room with R1's cane. Following the incident, the facility failed to provide adequate supervision and monitoring to ensure residents were protected from physical abuse putting them at the likelihood for serious harm, impairment or death when R2 continued to exhibit behaviors such as wandering into other resident rooms unsupervised. The IJ began on 4/10/26 at 1:50 p.m., when R2 entered R1's room and was seen exiting the room with R1's cane. R1 reported to facility staff, R2 entered his room and touched his belongings, R1 reported he got up from his chair, told R2 to stop, R2 placed his hand around R1's neck and threw him…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Past Non-Compliance
• Actual harm · Gcited before2025-12-04 · tag F0689 — failed to keep residents free of avoidable accidents; supervise adequately — isolated
  Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observation, interview and document review, the facility failed to implement standards of practice to ensure a safe transfer for 1 of 3 residents (R1) reviewed for accidents when staff failed to properly attach the lift sling to the ceiling lift bar. This resulted in actual harm when R1 fell from the lift during a staff assisted transfer, sustained a large 5 centimeter (cm) contusion (a severe injury caused by a direct blow to the head leading to bruising/swelling of the brain tissue)/hematoma (blood leaks from tiny brain vessels causing swelling) to the occipital scalp (rearmost portion of the head constitutes the posterior section of the brain and skull) and was sent to the emergency department (ED) requiring medical evaluation and pain that persisted requiring medication for discomfort. Findings include: R1's quarterly Minimum Data Set (MDS) dated [DATE], identified R1 was admitted to the facility on [DATE], from a skilled nursing facility.R1 had a moderate difficulty hearing, unclear speech (slurred…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · E2025-12-04 · tag F0610 — failed to investigate and act on abuse reports — pattern
  Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on interview and document review, the facility failed to provide sufficient protection to other residents while the investigation was completed for 1 of 3 residents (R1) who was reviewed for accidents. This had the potential to affect all 9 residents who required staff assistance with total body lift transfers.Findings include: R1's quarterly Minimum Data Set (MDS) dated [DATE], identified he was admitted to the facility on [DATE], from a skilled nursing facility. He had severely impaired cognition, disorganized thinking, and physical behavioral symptoms directed toward others (hitting, kicking, pushing, scratching, grabbing). He was dependent upon staff for all transfers. Diagnoses included non-traumatic brain dysfunction, Alzheimer's (brain cells die over time, brain shrinks and causes dementia/memory loss), aphasia (a disorder that affects how you communicate, speech and as well as the way you write and understand both spoken and written language), seizure disorder, and muscle weakness. R1's care plan…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2025-02-05 · tag F0689 — failed to keep residents free of avoidable accidents; supervise adequately — isolated
  Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observation, interview and document review, the facility failed to accurately assess and implement safe smoking interventions for 1 of 1 resident (R17) reviewed for smoking. Findings include: R17's quarterly Minimum Data Set (MDS) dated [DATE], indicated R17 had diagnoses which included chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) hypertension (elevated blood pressure), and stroke. Identified R17 had severe cognitive impairment and was independent with activities of daily living (ADL's) which included transfers and toileting. Identified R17 used tobacco. R17's annual Care Area Assessment (CAA) dated 5/1//24, identified interventions were in place to address safety needs. R17's care plan revised 4/27/21, identified the facility had determined R17 was a modified independent smoker. Care plan identified facility was to store R17's cigarettes and give R17 one cigarette at a time to smoke independently. R17's smoking assessment dated [DATE], indicated R17 was safe to dispose of ashes and smoking material…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2025-02-05 · tag F0760 — failed to prevent significant medication errors — isolated
  Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observation, interview and document review, the facility failed to ensure professional standards of practice were followed during medication set-up and administration of insulin with a Novolog insulin pen ( rapid-acting insulin, used to improve blood sugar control in people with diabetes mellitus) for 1 of 2 residents (R15) who received insulin without the pen primed according to manufacturer's recommendations. Findings include: R15's quarterly Minimum Data Set (MDS) dated [DATE], identified R15 had intact cognition with diagnosis of type two diabetes (DM), and received injections of insulin. R15's care plan revised 5/31/24, identified staff were to administer medications as prescribed. R15's Medication Review Report signed 12/18/24, identified Semglee Pen-100 units/milliliter, inject 12 units Subcutaneously (an injection just under the skin into the fatty tissue) two times daily for DM. During an observation of medication pass on 2/3/25 at 6:10 p.m., registered nurse (RN)-D prepared R15's medication…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction

“Cited before” means this same F-tag appears on at least one other survey date in the record we hold — counting complaint investigations as well as standard surveys, with no time limit. It is our own read of the data, not CMS’s: CMS uses repeat deficiency as a formal term tied to consecutive standard surveys, and that is a narrower test than this one. A tag marked here may or may not meet it.

Fines & penalties

$23,520 in federal fines across 1 penalty. 1 Medicare payment denial on record.

• $23,520 — penalty dated 2026-04-27
• Medicare payment denial — starting 2024-07-03 for 20 days

Dates are the dates CMS records the penalty, not the date of the conduct behind it. CMS publishes penalties on a rolling window, so this is what is currently on the public file — not the home’s lifetime history, and an older fine may attach to a problem that has since been corrected. The amounts are as imposed: the CMS file does not record whether a penalty was appealed, reduced, or paid, so we don’t say. Ask the home what each one was for and what changed since.

Who owns this facility

CMS files one row per role, so the 6 rows in the source record cover these 4 parties — each is shown once here with every role it holds. Nothing is omitted. The source lists no ownership percentage for any of them — PECOS records a share only for equity interests, not for board or management roles.

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