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Avantara Milbank

1103 SOUTH SECOND STREET, MILBANK, SD, 57252
(605) 432-4556
55 licensed beds
★★★★★1/5CMS Five-Star overall1/5 health inspections2/5 staffing2/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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Bed capacity
55
CMS facility ID
435009
Care type
Nursing home
County
Grant
Facility name
Avantara Milbank
Street address
1103 SOUTH SECOND STREET
City / state / ZIP
Milbank, SD 57252
Phone
(605) 432-4556

Avantara Milbank is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Milbank, South Dakota. It is licensed for 55 beds — close to the median for skilled nursing facilities in South Dakota (52 beds).

It is one of 6 senior care facilities in Milbank and 96 skilled nursing facilities across South Dakota. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

Federal inspectors have cited Avantara Milbank 41 times across 11 inspections in the last three years, including 1 food-safety citation, and CMS has imposed $55,361 in fines. Every citation is listed, dated, and graded in the inspection record below.

This listing draws on federal CMS Nursing Home Compare records, and was last updated on August 31, 2026. Background reports are compiled from primary sources — state inspection files, federal CMS data, corporate registrations, and court records — at the time of order.

What the public record shows.

Ownership & operator

Parent company
Legacy Healthcare
Ownership type
For profit - Corporation

Registered owners & officers

Doros Generation Trust U/a/d 1/3/12
Direct owner · Additional disclosable party — 43% stake — since 2019
Gpn Family Trust U/a/d 4/28/08
Direct owner · Additional disclosable party — 43% stake — since 2019
Oakway Operations Llc
Direct owner — 15% stake — since 2019
Eggers, Austin
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2025
Legacy Healthcare Financial Services Llc
Additional disclosable party — since 2019
Milbank Sd Property Holdings, Llc
Security-interest holder · Additional disclosable party — since 2019
Pulse, Rebecca
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2024
Rajchenbach, Chaim
Governing body · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2019
Rsm Us Llp
Additional disclosable party — since 2024
Shabat, Menachem
Governing body · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2019
Truist Bank
Security-interest holder · Operational control — since 2022

Regulatory standing

Federal court records
20 naming its parent company — view the cases (a listed case is not a finding of wrongdoing)
Licensed / certified since
1967-02-01
CMS overall rating
1 of 5 stars
Health deficiencies
16 at the last standard inspection
Federal fines
$55,361 total
Last standard inspection
2025-03-13
Nurse staffing
3.2 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)

Average billed charges
$454 per day (≈ $13,800/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.
Payer mix (resident days)
59% Medicaid · 13% Medicare · 29% private/other
Occupancy
68% (fiscal year 2023)
Vs. state median
10% above the SD median of $412/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds
55
Medicare
Accepted
Medicaid
Accepted
Compiled from CMS Nursing Home Compare; owners/officers from the CMS Ownership dataset; cost & occupancy from the facility's own CMS cost report · last verified 2026-08-31. Facilities can submit a correction.
Every citation, dated and graded.

Kitchen & food safety

Federal surveyors inspect the kitchen at every standard visit. This facility has 1 food-safety citation on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.
2026-05-07Health inspectionComplaint-triggered12 citations
F-0550
E · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Corrected 2026-06-06
F-0602
E · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
Corrected 2026-06-06
F-0609
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Corrected 2026-06-06
F-0657
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Corrected 2026-06-06
F-0658
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Corrected 2026-06-06
F-0684
E · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Corrected 2026-06-06
F-0689
E · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Corrected 2026-06-06
F-0693
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Corrected 2026-06-06
F-0740
G · Actual harmFrom a complaint
Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
Corrected 2026-06-06
F-0755
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Corrected 2026-06-06
F-0760
G · Actual harmFrom a complaint
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Corrected 2026-06-06
F-0761
E · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Corrected 2026-06-06
2025-03-13Health inspectionComplaint-triggered5 citations
F-0623
D · No harm found
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Corrected 2025-04-21
F-0625
D · No harm found
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.
Corrected 2025-04-21
F-0675
E · No harm found
Honor each resident's preferences, choices, values and beliefs.
Corrected 2025-04-21
F-0689
E · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Corrected 2025-04-21
F-0812
F · No harm foundFood safety
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Corrected 2025-04-21
8 earlier / fire-safety inspections (24 citations)
2024-12-18Health inspectionComplaint-triggered3 citations
F-0585
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
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.
Corrected 2025-01-17
F-0609
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Corrected 2025-01-17
F-0760
G · Actual harmFrom a complaint
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Corrected 2025-01-17
2024-10-08Health inspectionComplaint-triggered3 citations
F-0609
G · Actual harmFrom a complaint
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Corrected 2024-11-02
F-0610
G · Actual harmFrom a complaint
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Corrected 2024-11-02
F-0692
G · Actual harmFrom a complaint
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Corrected 2024-11-02
2024-08-06Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0677
E · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Corrected 2024-09-10
2023-11-08Health inspection5 citations
F-0550
E · No harm found
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Corrected 2023-12-06
F-0656
D · No harm found
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Corrected 2023-12-06
F-0658
G · Actual harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Corrected 2023-12-06
F-0689
G · Actual harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Corrected 2023-12-06
F-0880
D · No harm found
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2023-12-06
2022-09-01Health inspection1 citation
F-0880
E · No harm found
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2022-10-21
2025-03-13Fire-safety inspection4 citations
K-0211
E · No harm found
Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency.
Corrected 2025-06-19
K-0351
D · No harm found
Install an approved automatic sprinkler system.
Corrected 2025-03-18
K-0712
D · No harm found
Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.
Corrected 2025-04-18
K-0741
D · No harm found
Have posted "No-smoking" signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or ashtrays provided where smoking was allowed.
Corrected 2025-03-24
2023-11-08Fire-safety inspection3 citations
K-0211
D · No harm found
Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency.
Corrected 2023-11-24
K-0363
C · No harm found
Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
Corrected 2023-11-24
K-0712
F · No harm found
Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.
Corrected 2023-12-04
2022-09-01Fire-safety inspection4 citations
K-0211
E · No harm found
Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency.
Corrected 2022-10-21
K-0223
E · No harm found
Provide exit doors that are held open by devices that will automatically close on the activation of a fire alarm or smoke detector.
Corrected 2022-10-21
K-0325
E · No harm found
Have properly installed hallway dispensers for alcohol-based hand rub.
Corrected 2022-10-21
K-0353
E · No harm found
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
Corrected 2022-10-21

Federal penalties

2024-12-18Fine$28,912
2024-10-08Fine$15,041
2023-11-08Fine$11,408
Total fines$55,361
Citations and penalties from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (three-year survey window, refreshed monthly). Severity codes follow the federal scope/severity grid; “Immediate jeopardy” is the most serious grade CMS issues. CCN 435009.
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Ownership & corporate history

Primary tier
Prior operators & transfers
Corporate network & affiliates
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Owners' other facilities
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Inspection citations — last 5 years

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The 41 citations above are shown free. The report takes each one and explains it in plain English — what the tag requires, how serious the scope/severity grade really is, whether it recurred across surveys — plus the five-year pattern a single inspection can't show.

Civil & criminal lawsuits

Advanced tier only
Active civil suits
#
Federal dockets
CDC infection data
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Citations, owner history, lawsuits — decoded into one PDF.
Sources we pull for this facility.
Source
CMS Nursing Home Compare
data.cms.gov Provider Data Catalog
Last verified 2026-08-31
Source
Secretary of State filings
Entity & officer search
Pulled when a report is ordered
Source
PACER federal dockets
pacer.uscourts.gov
Pulled when a report is ordered