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Essentia Health Homestead

115 10TH AVENUE NORTHEAST, DEER RIVER, MN, 56636

(218) 246-4336

essentiahealth.org

32 licensed beds

★★★★★2/5CMS Five-Star overall1/5 health inspections5/5 staffing4/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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115 10th Avenue Northeast

Deer River, MN 56636

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Bed capacity

CMS facility ID

245428

Care type

Nursing home

County

Itasca

Facility name

Essentia Health Homestead

Street address

115 10TH AVENUE NORTHEAST

City / state / ZIP

Deer River, MN 56636

Phone

(218) 246-4336

Website

essentiahealth.org

About this facility — Essentia Health Homestead

Essentia Health Homestead is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Deer River, Minnesota. It is licensed for 32 beds — below the median for skilled nursing facilities in Minnesota (60 beds).

It is one of 3 senior care facilities in Deer River 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 Homestead 26 times across 10 inspections in the last three years, and CMS has imposed $67,727 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.

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 2025

Aronson Norr, Nancy

Director — since 2025

Bachand, Adam

Director — since 2025

Bergstrom, Amy

Director — since 2024

Boren, Kevin

Officer · Additional disclosable party — since 2022

Duininck, Troy

Director — since 2023

Jamar, Thomas

Director — since 2023

Loban, George

Director — since 2024

Lund, Jared

Director · Additional disclosable party — since 2024

Meyer, Deborah

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2019

Sertich, Anthony

Officer — since 2021

Skorupa, Krista

Officer — since 2024

Smith, Bruce

Director — since 2026

St Marys Duluth Clinic Health System

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2012

Terch, Justin

Director — since 2025

Urbanski, Rebecca

Director — since 2025

Watters, Michael

Director — since 2023

Yung, Anthony

Director — 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

1987-02-01

CMS overall rating

2 of 5 stars

Health deficiencies

6 at the last standard inspection

Federal fines

$67,727 total

Last standard inspection

2026-04-22

Nurse staffing

5.0 hours per resident per day

Services & coverage

Licensed beds

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

CleanNo food-safety or dietary citations in the last three years of federal inspections.

2026-05-18Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0689

G · Actual harmFrom a complaint

Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

Corrected 2026-04-23

2026-04-22Health inspection1 citation

F-0880

D · No harm found

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Corrected 2026-05-08

8 earlier / fire-safety inspections (24 citations)

2026-03-31Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0689

G · Actual harmFrom a complaint

Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

Corrected 2026-03-22

2025-12-17Health 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 2026-01-16

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 2026-01-16

F-0726

K · Immediate jeopardyFrom a complaint

Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.

Corrected 2026-01-16

2025-07-30Health inspectionComplaint-triggered2 citations

F-0607

C · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.

Corrected 2025-08-25

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 2025-08-25

2025-03-12Health inspection5 citations

F-0576

F · No harm found

Ensure residents have reasonable access to and privacy in their use of communication methods.

Corrected 2025-03-25

F-0732

C · No harm found

Post nurse staffing information every day.

Corrected 2025-03-25

F-0758

D · No harm found

Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.

Corrected 2025-03-28

F-0761

D · 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 2025-03-28

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 2025-03-28

2024-05-16Health inspection2 citations

F-0758

D · No harm found

Corrected 2024-06-07

F-0880

E · No harm found

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Corrected 2024-06-07

2026-04-22Fire-safety inspection2 citations

K-0222

E · No harm found

Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements.

Corrected 2026-05-06

K-0353

D · No harm found

Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.

Corrected 2026-05-12

2025-03-12Fire-safety inspection7 citations

K-0321

F · 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 2025-03-11

K-0324

D · No harm found

Provide properly protected cooking facilities.

Corrected 2025-03-21

K-0353

F · No harm found

Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.

Corrected 2025-03-21

K-0355

D · No harm found

Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes.

Corrected 2025-03-20

K-0712

F · No harm found

Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.

Corrected 2025-03-21

K-0761

F · No harm found

To conduct inspection, testing and maintenance of fire doors by qualified individuals.

Corrected 2025-03-21

K-0914

F · No harm found

Ensure receptacles at patient bed locations and where general anesthesia is administered, are tested after initial installation, replacement or servicing.

Corrected 2025-03-20

2024-05-16Fire-safety inspection2 citations

K-0321

F · 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 2024-06-07

K-0374

F · No harm found

Install smoke barrier doors that can resist smoke for at least 20 minutes.

Corrected 2024-06-07

Federal penalties

2026-03-31Fine$27,378

2025-12-17Fine$40,349

Total fines$67,727

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 245428.

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Original records

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Source

CMS Nursing Home Compare

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Last verified 2026-08-31

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