Nursing Homes · Medicare certified
Good Samaritan Society - Lakota
608 4th Ave SW · Lakota, ND 58344 · 38 certified beds
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About Good Samaritan Society - Lakota
Good Samaritan Society - Lakota is a nursing home in Lakota, North Dakota. Its capacity is 38 beds, below the North Dakota median of 52 for nursing homes. It is run by a nonprofit operator and is part of Good Samaritan Society. It is Medicare certified. Its public inspection record shows 27 citations, the most recent on June 3, 2025. CMS also lists 2 fines or payment denials against it. Nurse staffing averages 3.95 hours per resident per day. Its public records were last updated in October 2026.
Public record
CMS Care Compare, updated October 2026
Certification
Medicare-certified.
Ratings
Overall
1.0Staffing
4.0Quality measures
1.0CMS Care Compare, October 2026.
Inspection history (27)
Records from May 2023 to June 2025.
June 3, 2025
Tag F0732Post nurse staffing information every day.
Severity C: widespread, no actual harm, potential for minimal harm. Corrected July 7, 2025.
June 3, 2025
Tag F0686Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected July 7, 2025.
June 3, 2025
Tag F0695Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected July 7, 2025.
June 3, 2025
Tag F0880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Severity E: pattern, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected July 7, 2025.
June 3, 2025
Tag F0690Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected July 7, 2025.
June 3, 2025
Tag F0641Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Severity E: pattern, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected July 7, 2025.
June 3, 2025
Tag F0677Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected July 7, 2025.
January 8, 2025
Tag F0686Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected February 21, 2025.
January 8, 2025
Tag F0690Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected February 21, 2025.
June 19, 2024
Tag F0759Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected July 25, 2024.
June 19, 2024
Tag F0686Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected July 25, 2024.
June 19, 2024
Tag F0880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected July 25, 2024.
June 19, 2024
Tag F0812Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Severity E: pattern, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected July 25, 2024.
June 19, 2024
Tag F0641Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected July 25, 2024.
June 19, 2024
Tag F0695Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected July 25, 2024.
June 19, 2024
Tag F0580Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected July 25, 2024.
June 19, 2024
Tag F0921Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Severity F: widespread, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected July 25, 2024.
June 19, 2024
Tag F0693Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected July 25, 2024.
June 19, 2024
Tag F0623Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected July 25, 2024.
June 19, 2024
Tag F0755Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected July 25, 2024.
Penalties (2)
Total fines: $74,283
June 19, 2024 · Fine
CMS recorded a civil money penalty of $48,445 against this nursing home on June 19, 2024.
October 11, 2023 · Fine
CMS recorded a civil money penalty of $25,838 against this nursing home on October 11, 2023.
Staffing
3.95 nurse hours per resident per day in Q2 2026, up from 3.81 in Q4 2025.
From the payroll records nursing homes file with CMS.
Ownership
Non profit
Part of Good Samaritan Society, a chain of 92 nursing homes.
Average CMS star ratings across the chain: 3.0 overall, 2.8 for health inspections, 3.9 for staffing, 2.9 for quality measures.
Typical cost
CareScout Cost of Care Survey, 2025
This provider's prices aren't public. Here is what the same care typically costs in North Dakota.
What Medicaid pays nursing homes
This is what North Dakota Medicaid pays a nursing home for each resident per day. It is not what a family pays privately, but it shows what the state treats as the cost of a day of care.
Statewide average daily rate
$437.90per day
About $13,312 a month.
Statewide average published by the state, January 1, 2026.
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