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Essentia Health Grace Home

116 WEST SECOND STREET, GRACEVILLE, MN, 56240
(701) 671-4105
essentiahealth.org
30 licensed beds
★★★★★5/5CMS Five-Star overall4/5 health inspections5/5 staffing3/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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116 West Second Street
Graceville, MN 56240
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Public record summary

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Bed capacity
30
CMS facility ID
245579
Care type
Nursing home
County
Big Stone
Facility name
Essentia Health Grace Home
Street address
116 WEST SECOND STREET
City / state / ZIP
Graceville, MN 56240
Phone
(701) 671-4105
Website
essentiahealth.org

About this facility — Essentia Health Grace Home

Essentia Health Grace Home is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Graceville, Minnesota. It is licensed for 30 beds — well below the median for skilled nursing facilities in Minnesota (60 beds).

It is one of 2 senior care facilities in Graceville and 338 skilled nursing facilities across Minnesota. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

Federal inspectors have cited Essentia Health Grace Home 15 times across 8 inspections in the last three years, including 1 food-safety citation; 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.

Facility background

What the public record shows.

Ownership & operator

Parent company
Essentia Health
Ownership type
Non profit - Corporation

Registered owners & officers

Essentia Health
Direct owner · Additional disclosable party — 100% stake — since 2023
Adams, Marc
Director — since 2026
Arvin, Douglas
Officer · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2023
Boren, Kevin
Officer — since 2025
Christensen, James
Director — since 2020
Gefroh Ellison, Stefanie
Officer — since 2024
Heilman, Tim
Director — since 2020
Hurley, Alan
Officer · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2023
Innovis Health Llc
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2017
Krejci, Mark
Director — since 2026
Lewandowski, Laurie
Director — since 2017
Mertz, Taylor
Director — since 2022
Pladson, Kimberly
Director — since 2025
Saint Georges, Anderson
Director — since 2025
Schmidt, Jay
Director · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2024
Smith, Benjamin
Director — since 2022
Stueve, Debra
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2024
Watters, Michael
Officer — since 2023

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
1991-07-08
CMS overall rating
5 of 5 stars
Health deficiencies
0 at the last standard inspection
Federal fines
None on record
Last standard inspection
2026-03-05
Nurse staffing
4.4 hours per resident per day

Services & coverage

Licensed beds
30
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.

Inspection record

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.
2025-07-01Health 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 2025-07-25
2025-02-27Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0656
G · Actual harmFrom a complaint
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Corrected 2025-02-20
3 earlier / fire-safety inspections (13 citations)
2025-01-15Health inspection2 citations
F-0760
D · No harm found
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Corrected 2025-02-28
F-0880
F · No harm found
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2025-02-28
2023-12-06Health inspection7 citations
F-0554
D · No harm found
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Corrected 2024-01-25
F-0576
E · No harm found
Ensure residents have reasonable access to and privacy in their use of communication methods.
Corrected 2023-12-09
F-0677
D · No harm found
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Corrected 2024-01-25
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 2024-01-25
F-0851
F · No harm found
Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data.
Corrected 2024-01-25
F-0880
E · No harm found
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2024-01-25
F-0883
D · No harm found
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
Corrected 2024-01-25
2023-12-06Fire-safety inspection4 citations
K-0271
D · No harm found
Have exits that are accessible at all times.
K-0324
D · No harm found
Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
Corrected 2023-12-22
K-0363
E · No harm found
Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
Corrected 2023-12-07
K-0920
D · No harm found
Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
Corrected 2023-12-05
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 245579.

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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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Original records

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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Source
PACER federal dockets
pacer.uscourts.gov
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