Good Samaritan Soc-Home Health of the Black Hills
A home health agency in Rapid City, South Dakota 57702
1851 City Springs Rd, Rapid City, South Dakota 57702. (605) 342-0529.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 21, 2026.
- 5of 5 quality of patient care rating
- 5of 5 patient survey rating
- 0 deficiencies cited in the last three years
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean3
- Star ratings
- CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
The last inspection on record was on Mar 26, 2025: a recertification inspection.
0 deficiencies cited in the last three years.
CMS, QCOR home health inspection reports. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
When those deficiencies happened
1 visit on record, nothing cited. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
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The one inspection in the last three years
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2025 | Recertification inspection | No deficiencies cited |
Is it certified?
- Medicare-certified home health agency since Oct 19, 2015.
- Ownership: non-profit.
- No For hospices, home health agencies, hospitals and dialysis facilities, CMS writes deficiencies at two levels. Standard is the usual one; condition-level is the more serious, when a problem is serious enough that the provider doesn’t meet a whole condition of taking part in Medicare. Source: CMS, State Operations Manual. deficiency on record in the last three years.
CMS, Home Health Care Agencies. Released Oct 21, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, QCOR home health inspection reports. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
Has anything been proven against it?
- CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for home health agencies, so none are shown.
- 0 deficiencies cited in the last three years came from inspections that included a complaint investigation.
CMS, QCOR home health inspection reports. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
Who does the caring?
- Offers nursing care, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology and home health aide services.
- Doesn’t offer medical social services.
- CMS doesn’t publish staffing levels for home health agencies.
CMS, Home Health Care Agencies. Released Oct 21, 2026. Updated quarterly.
Who owns it?
- Sanford runs it.
- 20 owners or officers are people: Mark Allen Lundeen (corporate director, 0%); Marnie Lynn Ventling-Herrmann (corporate director, 0%); Tony Lee Morrison (managing employee (on the payroll), 0%); James Edward Cain (corporate director, 0%); Brent Gerard Teiken (corporate director, 0%); Joel Adam Fluit (corporate officer, 0%); Dana James Dykhouse (corporate director, 0%); Michael Rogers (corporate officer, 0%); Andrew Stewart North (corporate director, 0%); Aimee Nicole Middleton (corporate officer, 0%); Stephanie Marie Herseth Sandlin (corporate director, 0%); William Joseph Gassen (corporate officer, 0%); William Joseph Gassen (corporate director, 0%); Wesley Owen Engbrecht (corporate director, 0%); Nathan Thomas Schema (corporate officer, 0%); David Jonathan Shulkin (corporate director, 0%); Neil Leslie Gulsvig (corporate director, 0%); Lauris Nelson Molbert (corporate director, 0%); Sarah Goodart (managing employee (on the payroll), 0%); Nicholas Wayne Olson (corporate officer, 0%).
- No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
- No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
CMS, Home Health Agency All Owners and Home Health Agency Enrollments. Released Sep 29, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Organisation | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Jan 1, 2019 |
| Sanford | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | Jan 1, 2019 |
How do patients fare?
- CMS rates its quality of patient care 5 of 5.
- Patients rate it 5 of 5 in CMS’s patient survey (85 surveys completed): 92% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10, and 89% would definitely recommend it.
- CMS compares it with the national rate: discharged to the community, better; potentially preventable hospital stays, better; potentially preventable readmissions after discharge, the same.
CMS, Home Health Care Agencies and Home Health Patient Survey. Released Oct 21, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Measure | Rating |
|---|---|
| Quality of patient care ratingCMS star rating, 1 to 5 in half stars | 5 of 5 |
| Patient survey ratingCMS star rating from its survey of the agency’s patients, 1 to 5 | 5 of 5 |
| Discharged to the communityCMS’s risk-adjusted rate, compared with the national rate | 98.32% (better than the national rate) |
| Potentially preventable hospital staysCMS’s risk-adjusted rate, compared with the national rate | 6.08% (better than the national rate) |
| Potentially preventable readmissions after dischargeCMS’s risk-adjusted rate, compared with the national rate | 4.00% (same as the national rate) |
How does it compare nearby?
- Of the 7 agencies CMS’s data show serving patients in ZIP code 57702, where this agency’s office is, 6 have a quality of patient care rating; the middle one is 4.5 of 5, and this one is rated 5 of 5.
CMS, Home Health ZIP Codes and Home Health Care Agencies. Released Oct 21, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Place | Quality rating |
|---|---|
| Good Samaritan Soc-Home Health of the Black Hills This home health agency | 5 |
| Monument Health Home Plus Home Health | 5 |
| Westhills Village Home Health | 3.5 |
| Interim Healthcare | 3 |
| State Home Care Services, Inc. | 4.5 |
| Signal Health Group West River | Not given |
| Heartland Home Health LLC | 4.5 |
What the record doesn’t say
- CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for home health agencies, so none are shown.
- Only complaints that led to a citation appear; complaints that didn’t aren’t published.
- QCOR says some of its home health reports are accurate or available only through May 19, 2021, because of a systems migration.
- Many home health agencies are inspected by a private accrediting organisation instead of the state, and QCOR’s home health file doesn’t appear to include those inspections: no inspection on record here doesn’t mean none took place.
Sources
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Home Health Care Agencies (6jpm-sxkc).
Released Oct 21, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Home Health Patient Survey (ccn4-8vby).
Released Oct 21, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, QCOR home health inspection reports (HHA_2567s_2018_to_2026YTD.xlsx).
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Home Health Agency All Owners (fc009b2d-7846-44b1-b4a1-692f0c143879).
Released Sep 29, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Home Health Agency Enrollments (15f64ab4-3172-4a27-b589-ebd67a6d28aa).
Released Sep 29, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Home Health ZIP Codes (m5eg-upu5).
Released Oct 21, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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