Based on interview, record review, and policy review, the provider failed to ensure they identified, investigated, and corrected quality deficiencies, and to initiate or monitor performance improvement projects (PIPs) in response to known areas of concern within their Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) program.Findings include: 1. Interview on 5/28/26 at 5:00 p.m. with CEO A revealed that director of nursing (DON) B managed the facility's QAPI program. He did not routinely attend the long-term care (LTC) QAPI meetings because he was not required to be present. He received a copy of the LTC QAPI meeting minutes and provided that at the general QAPI meeting and again at the board meetings, where he reviewed them. …
F865 citations in South Dakota
QAPI program · Administration Deficiencies
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Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
South Dakota cites F865 more often than its own record predicts
3.52 times the share F865 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in South Dakota in 2025, this is the portion that was F865.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What South Dakota surveyors wrote
F865 findings written in South Dakota, one from each severity band recorded here, most serious first.
Severity is as the surveyor wrote it. Some findings had already been corrected before the survey.
The short window
Recent years
| Year | Share of South Dakota citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.36% | 2.10× |
| 2024 | 0.45% | 2.42× |
| 2025 | 0.84% | 3.52× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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