Prairie Lakes Health Care System Inc.
Watertown, South Dakota · CCN 431504
401 9th Ave NW Post Office Box 1210
4 federal deficiencies across 4 surveys, May 19, 2022 to May 27, 2025.
Excludes the inspector’s preamble, which is not a finding
Federal surveys with at least one deficiency
Findings against a Condition of Participation — a compliance grade, not a measure of harm
What level the findings sit at
- Standard-level4100.0%
- A requirement within a Condition of Participation. The Condition itself was not cited.
These are compliance grades, not harm grades: how deep in the regulation a finding sits, not whether anyone was harmed.
Who conducted the surveys
State Agency.
Federal surveys are carried out by the state agency or a CMS-approved accrediting organisation.
Most-cited requirements
- E0016Hospice Follow Up for Staff2
- L0579Prevention2
Survey record
| Survey | Type | Deficiencies | Condition-level |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2025 | Recertification | 1 | — |
| Apr 17, 2025 | Recertification | 1 | — |
| Jul 8, 2022 | Recertification | 1 | — |
| May 19, 2022 | Recertification | 1 | — |
In the inspector’s words
The complete written findings for this hospice, in the inspector’s own words.
CMS publishes written findings for 2 of the 4 deficiencies on this hospice’s record.
Hospice findings published by CMS on QCOR, covering surveys from May 19, 2022 to May 27, 2025. The inspectors’ written findings come from a single CMS survey-report extract.
Federal survey findings only. State licensure findings for hospices are not shown.
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