Little Sisters of the Poor
A nursing home in Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102
330 Exchange Street South, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102. (651) 227-0336.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.
- 3of 5 CMS’s overall rating
- 3 health citations at the latest inspection cycle Minnesota average: 7.2
- 4.52 nurse hours per resident per day Minnesota average: 4.27
- 2 fines in the last three years (needs attention)
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean8
- 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.
- Scope and severity (A to L)
- CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7).
- Nurse staffing hours
- The hours registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and nurse aides worked, per resident per day, from the payroll records each home sends CMS. Source: CMS, Payroll-Based Journal.
- Fines and payment denials
- A fine (civil money penalty) is money CMS makes a nursing home pay when it falls short of federal rules. A payment denial means Medicare and Medicaid stop paying for new admissions until the home meets the rules again. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.430 and 488.417.
- Immediate jeopardy
- CMS’s most serious finding: the place’s failure to meet a rule caused, or was likely to cause, serious injury, harm, impairment or death to someone in its care. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 489.3.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
3 health citations at the latest inspection cycle
The Minnesota average is 7.2.
Last standard inspection Jan 28, 2026.
Most serious in three years: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (J), at a complaint inspection on Oct 3, 2024
CMS, Provider Information, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
When those citations happened
24 citations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. Most serious: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (J). The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
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Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
All 24 citations in the last three years
Grouped by inspection, newest first. Each carries CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7)., from A, the least serious, to L, the most. 10 came from complaint inspections.
CMS, Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
Jan 28, 2026: standard inspection3 citations
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Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident’s needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
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Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
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Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Dec 11, 2024: standard inspection6 citations
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Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
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Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with dementia.
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Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
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Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
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Provide or obtain laboratory tests/services when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results.
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Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Oct 3, 2024: complaint inspection8 citations
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Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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Establish a governing body that is legally responsible for establishing and implementing policies for managing and operating the facility and appoints a properly licensed administrator responsible for managing the facility.
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Conduct and document a facility-wide assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for residents competently during both day-to-day operations (including nights and weekends) and emergencies.
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Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data.
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Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program for all new and existing staff members.
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Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.
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Observe each nurse aide’s job performance and give regular training.
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Have an agreement with at least one or more hospitals certified by Medicare or Medicaid to make sure residents can be moved quickly to the hospital when they need medical care.
Feb 7, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
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Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Feb 1, 2024: standard inspection5 citations
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Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
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Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
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Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterly
Feb 1, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
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Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home.
Is it certified, and in good standing?
- Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since Feb 1, 1988.
- Not on CMS’s special focus list.
- No abuse icon from CMS.
- No change of ownership in the last 12 months.
- CMS lists its ownership as non profit, corporation.
- 73 certified beds.
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
Has it been fined or penalized?
- 2 fines in the last three years, $13,265 in all.
- 1 Medicare payment denial in the last three years.
- 10 citations in the last three years came from complaint inspections.
CMS, Penalties and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Date | Kind | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2024 | Medicare payment denial | Not given |
| Oct 3, 2024 | Fine | $8,021 |
| Nov 6, 2023 | Fine | $5,244 |
Who does the caring?
4.52 nurse hours per resident per day
The Minnesota average is 4.27.
CMS publishes staffing about four months after the fact.
CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Measure | This home | Minnesota average |
|---|---|---|
| Nurse hours per resident per day | 4.52 | 4.27 |
| Of which registered nurses | 0.56 | 1.08 |
| At weekends | 4.07 | 3.73 |
| Nursing staff turnover | 46.9% | 42.1% |
| Registered nurse turnover | 75% | 39.3% |
| Administrators who left | 1 | Not given |
Who owns it?
- 8 owners or officers are people: Donna Marie Kannangara (owns 5% or more directly, 100%); Donna Marie Kannangara (trustee); Donna Marie Kannangara (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Ronald Donacik (corporate officer); Ronald Donacik (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Ronald Donacik (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Himanshu S Sharma (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Himanshu S Sharma (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)).
- No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
- No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
CMS, All Owners. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly.
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
How do residents fare?
- CMS rates its quality measures 5 of 5 (Minnesota average 3.2).
CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Measure | Rating |
|---|---|
| Overall rating | 3 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 2 of 5 |
| Staffing | 4 of 5 |
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Among the 12 nearest homes, within 3.7 miles, this one had the 9th most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (3; the middle value was 6.5).
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Place | Miles away | Citations, latest cycle |
|---|---|---|
| Little Sisters of the Poor This nursing home | 3 | |
| Ebenezer Integrated Care & Rehab | 0.6 | 5 |
| The Emeralds at St Paul LLC | 0.8 | 7 |
| The Villas at St Paul | 1.0 | 13 |
| Capital View Transitional Care Center | 1.1 | 1 |
| Cerenity Care Center on Humboldt | 1.2 | 9 |
| Shirley Chapman Sholom Home East | 2.2 | 10 |
| Cerenity Marian of St Paul LLC | 2.4 | 2 |
| Walker Methodist Westwood Ridge II | 2.9 | 6 |
| Hayes Residence | 3.2 | 8 |
| Carondelet Village Care Center | 3.7 | 2 |
| Episcopal Church Home of Minnesota | 3.7 | 15 |
What the record doesn’t say
- Complaints that didn’t lead to a citation aren’t published.
- Inspections reach CMS’s data about six weeks after they happen, and staffing about four months after.
- CMS publishes the inspectors’ full written findings in a separate monthly file, which isn’t loaded yet.
- Fines and Medicare payment denials are the only enforcement CMS publishes; state licence actions aren’t included.
Sources
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Provider Information (4pq5-n9py).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health Deficiencies (r5ix-sfxw).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Penalties (g6vv-u9sr).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, All Owners (afe44b85-cc6d-40d7-b5df-00ae8910d1d2).
Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, State and US Averages (xcdc-v8bm).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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