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Bethany Home Sioux Falls

1901 SOUTH HOLLY AVENUE, SIOUX FALLS, SD, 57105
(605) 338-2351
52 licensed beds
★★★★★3/5CMS Five-Star overall4/5 health inspections1/5 staffing3/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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Bed capacity
52
CMS facility ID
435096
Care type
Nursing home
County
Minnehaha
Facility name
Bethany Home Sioux Falls
Street address
1901 SOUTH HOLLY AVENUE
City / state / ZIP
Sioux Falls, SD 57105
Phone
(605) 338-2351

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

It is one of 41 senior care facilities in Sioux Falls 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 Bethany Home Sioux Falls 13 times across 9 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

Ownership type
Non profit - Corporation

Registered owners & officers

Augustana Lutheran Church
Direct owner — 20% stake — since 1966
Beaver Valley Lutheran Church
Direct owner — 20% stake — since 1966
Benton Lutheran Church
Direct owner — 20% stake — since 1966
Nathanael Lutheran Church
Direct owner — 20% stake — since 1966
St Marks Lutheran Church
Direct owner — 20% stake — since 1966
Anderson, Robert
Direct owner · Director — since 2016
Flier, Joel
Direct owner · Director — since 2021
Fonder, Lynda
Direct owner · Director — since 2023
Heinemann, Daniel
Direct owner · Operational control · Partner · Additional disclosable party — since 2015
Hendricks-wilkens, Mary
Direct owner · Director — since 2022
Herrboldt, Deborah
Direct owner · Director · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2014
Hope, Lori
Direct owner · Director — since 2012
Johnson, Ellen
Direct owner · Director — since 2021
Kroger, Heather
Officer — since 2024
Kruse, Susan
Direct owner · Director — since 2021
Neiderhiser, Debra
Direct owner · Director — since 2024
Paulson, John
Direct owner · Director — since 2021
Person, Lee
Direct owner · Director — since 2020
Sanden, James
Direct owner · Director — since 2020
Zingmark, Karen
Direct owner · Director — since 2024

Regulatory standing

Licensed / certified since
1996-03-01
CMS overall rating
3 of 5 stars
Health deficiencies
2 at the last standard inspection
Federal fines
None on record
Last standard inspection
2025-12-18

Cost & payer profile (FY2024 cost report)

Average billed charges
$458 per day (≈ $13,920/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.
Payer mix (resident days)
51% Medicaid · 25% Medicare · 25% private/other
Occupancy
79% (fiscal year 2024)
Vs. state median
11% above the SD median of $412/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds
52
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 2 food-safety citations on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.
2025-12-18Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0689
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Corrected 2026-02-05
2025-10-29Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0684
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
3 earlier / fire-safety inspections (11 citations)
2024-11-07Health inspectionComplaint-triggered7 citations
F-0582
E · No harm found
Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
Corrected 2024-11-05
F-0600
E · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Corrected 2024-12-06
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 2024-11-05
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 2024-11-05
F-0657
D · No harm found
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Corrected 2024-12-06
F-0803
F · No harm foundFood safety
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.
Corrected 2024-12-06
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 2024-12-06
2023-07-20Health inspection3 citations
F-0640
D · No harm found
Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
Corrected 2023-09-03
F-0761
E · No harm found
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 2023-09-03
F-0880
F · No harm found
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2023-09-03
2025-12-18Fire-safety inspection1 citation
K-0923
D · No harm found
Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas.
Corrected 2026-02-01
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 435096.
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Ownership & corporate history

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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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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
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PACER federal dockets
pacer.uscourts.gov
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