Deficiency Index

Sanford Health Network

Sheldon, Iowa · CCN 161525

118 North Seventh Street, Po Box 250

76 federal deficiencies across 4 surveys, July 28, 2022 to August 20, 2025.

Deficiencies76

Excludes the inspector’s preamble, which is not a finding

Surveys4

Federal surveys with at least one deficiency

Condition-level6

Findings against a Condition of Participation — a compliance grade, not a measure of harm

What level the findings sit at

Condition-level67.9%
The agency was out of compliance with a federal Condition of Participation — a requirement it must meet to take part in Medicare at all.
Standard-level7092.1%
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

Survey record

Federal surveys of Sanford Health Network
SurveyTypeDeficienciesCondition-level
Aug 20, 2025Recertification172
Jul 9, 2025Recertification172
Sep 7, 2022Recertification211
Jul 28, 2022Recertification211

In the inspector’s words

The complete written findings for this hospice, in the inspector’s own words.

Read all 38 findings in full →

CMS publishes written findings for 38 of the 76 deficiencies on this hospice’s record.

Hospice findings published by CMS on QCOR, covering surveys from July 28, 2022 to August 20, 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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