Prairie View Healthcare Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Prairie View Healthcare Center is a 42-bed for-profit nursing home in Woonsocket, South Dakota, part of Evergreen Healthcare Group. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.43 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 3% below the South Dakota average of 2.52, and 73.1% nursing staff turnover (South Dakota average 48.2%).
Prairie View Healthcare Center
401 South First AvenueWoonsocket, SD 57385
Sanborn County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Prairie View Healthcare Center, nurse aides logged 2.43 hours per resident per day, 3% below the South Dakota average. With about 38 residents a day, that works out to roughly 92 aide hours a day, or about 12 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 11% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | South Dakota avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.43 | 2.52 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.48 | 0.47 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.70 | 0.80 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.61 | 3.79 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.22 | 3.26 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
73.1% of nursing staff at Prairie View Healthcare Center left over the year CMS measured, against a South Dakota average of 48.2% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 90.0%. 3 administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jul 24, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 4 health deficiencies (South Dakota average 6.9). CMS lists 1 fine totaling $8,512 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2024 | Fine | $8,512 |
CMS Penalties file, August 2026 release. A payment denial stops Medicare and Medicaid payment for new admissions for the days shown.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Prairie View Healthcare Center holds 3 of 5 overall; the South Dakota average is 2.9.
About Prairie View Healthcare Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Evergreen Healthcare Group, 44 homes
- Legal name: Prairie View SNF Operations, LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Dec 1, 2001
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Prairie View Healthcare Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Weskota Manor Inc Wessington Springs | 14.2 | 40 | 2.24 | 3.40 | 37.5% | 4 | None |
| Avantara Huron Huron | 20.8 | 119 | 2.28 | 3.40 | 54.7% | 2 | $8,338 |
| Avera Brady Health and Rehab Mitchell | 26.5 | 84 | 2.84 | 4.40 | 43.4% | 5 | None |
| Firesteel Healthcare Center Mitchell | 26.8 | 125 | 2.40 | 3.47 | 55.0% | 1 | $153,308 |
| Aurora Brule Nursing Home Inc White Lake | 31.1 | 44 | 2.33 | 3.29 | — | 3 | $17,928 |
| Good Samaritan Society Howard Howard | 37.3 | 45 | 2.34 | 3.39 | 53.7% | 5 | None |
| Good Samaritan Society de Smet De Smet | 42.8 | 46 | 2.10 | 3.40 | 64.4% | 1 | $27,989 |
| Avera Bormann Manor Parkston | 47.3 | 50 | 2.52 | 3.63 | 42.6% | 3 | $47,187 |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.