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Avera Maryhouse Long Term Care

717 EAST DAKOTA, PIERRE, SD, 57501
(605) 224-3163
80 licensed beds
★★★★★5/5CMS Five-Star overall5/5 health inspections5/5 staffing4/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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Bed capacity
80
CMS facility ID
435034
Care type
Nursing home
County
Hughes
Facility name
Avera Maryhouse Long Term Care
Street address
717 EAST DAKOTA
City / state / ZIP
Pierre, SD 57501
Phone
(605) 224-3163

Avera Maryhouse Long Term Care is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Pierre, South Dakota. It is licensed for 80 beds — well above the median for skilled nursing facilities in South Dakota (52 beds).

It is one of 9 senior care facilities in Pierre 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 Avera Maryhouse Long Term Care 21 times across 7 inspections in the last three years, including 2 food-safety citations; no federal fines are on record. 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
Avera Health
Ownership type
Non profit - Corporation

Registered owners & officers

Avera Health
Direct owner · Operational control — 100% stake — since 2013
Brost, Kristin
Governing body — since 2021
Hagy, Mark
Governing body — since 2022
Hallem, Jeffrey
Governing body — since 2024
Kolecka, Debra
Governing body — since 2024
Krebs, Shantel
Officer · Operational control — since 2023
Lee, Meredith
Governing body — since 2022
Lueking, Amy
Governing body — since 2021
Olson, Kimberly
Governing body — since 2022
Plumage, Darrell
Director · Additional disclosable party — since 2021
Raske, Talli
Director · Additional disclosable party — since 2015
Robbennolt, Rena
Governing body — since 2024
Welbig, Lynn
Governing body — since 2017
Wylie, Robert
Governing body — since 2021

Regulatory standing

Federal court records
13 naming its parent company — view the cases (a listed case is not a finding of wrongdoing)
Licensed / certified since
1985-08-26
CMS overall rating
5 of 5 stars
Health deficiencies
2 at the last standard inspection
Federal fines
None on record
Last standard inspection
2025-09-11
Nurse staffing
4.6 hours per resident per day

Services & coverage

Licensed beds
80
Medicare
Accepted
Medicaid
Accepted
Compiled from CMS Nursing Home Compare; owners/officers from the CMS Ownership dataset · 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 2 food-safety citations on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.
2025-09-11Health inspection2 citations
F-0554
D · No harm found
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Corrected 2025-10-24
F-0880
D · No harm found
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2025-10-24
2025-07-02Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
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 2025-08-15
5 earlier / fire-safety inspections (18 citations)
2024-03-21Health inspection3 citations
F-0697
D · No harm found
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Corrected 2024-05-06
F-0812
E · 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 2024-05-06
F-0880
D · No harm found
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2024-05-06
2023-03-16Health inspection3 citations
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 2023-05-04
F-0689
D · No harm found
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Corrected 2023-05-04
F-0812
D · 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 2023-05-04
2025-09-11Fire-safety inspection6 citations
K-0226
C · No harm found
Have horizontal exits used in accordance with safety requirements.
Corrected 2025-10-24
K-0311
C · No harm found
Have an enclosure around a vertical opening shaft.
Corrected 2025-10-24
K-0321
B · No harm found
Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.
Corrected 2025-10-24
K-0353
B · No harm found
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
Corrected 2025-10-24
K-0531
B · No harm found
Have elevators that firefighters can control in the event of a fire.
Corrected 2025-10-24
K-0712
C · No harm found
Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.
Corrected 2025-10-24
2024-03-21Fire-safety inspection3 citations
K-0226
C · No harm found
Have horizontal exits used in accordance with safety requirements.
K-0311
C · No harm found
Have an enclosure around a vertical opening shaft.
K-0918
C · No harm found
Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
Corrected 2024-05-03
2023-03-16Fire-safety inspection3 citations
K-0226
C · No harm found
Have horizontal exits used in accordance with safety requirements.
Corrected 2023-05-04
K-0311
C · No harm found
Have an enclosure around a vertical opening shaft.
Corrected 2023-05-04
K-0712
E · No harm found
Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.
Corrected 2023-05-04
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 435034.
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Ownership & corporate history

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Prior operators & transfers
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Owners' other facilities
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Inspection citations — last 5 years

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Civil & criminal lawsuits

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Active civil suits
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Federal dockets
CDC infection data
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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
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