Nursing Homes · Medicare certified
Sacred Heart Care Center
1200 12th Street Southwest · Austin, MN 55912 · 59 certified beds
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About Sacred Heart Care Center
Sacred Heart Care Center is a nursing home in Austin, Minnesota. Its capacity is 59 beds, below the Minnesota median of 60 for nursing homes. It is run by a nonprofit operator. It is Medicare certified. Its public inspection record shows 29 citations, the most recent on July 25, 2025. Enforcement records show no fine or payment denial against it. Nurse staffing averages 5.57 hours per resident per day. It is one of 3 nursing homes listed in Austin. Its public records were last updated in October 2026.
Public record
CMS Care Compare, updated October 2026
Certification
Medicare-certified.
Ratings
Overall
3.0Staffing
4.0Quality measures
2.0CMS Care Compare, October 2026.
Inspection history (29)
Records from July 2023 to July 2025.
July 25, 2025
Tag F0726Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
Severity F: widespread, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected August 25, 2025.
July 25, 2025
Tag F0880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected August 25, 2025.
July 25, 2025
Tag F0645PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected August 25, 2025.
July 25, 2025
Tag F0699Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected August 25, 2025.
July 25, 2025
Tag F0689Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Severity E: pattern, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected August 25, 2025.
April 29, 2025
Tag F0609Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected May 24, 2025.
April 29, 2025
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 May 24, 2025.
April 29, 2025
Tag F0607Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected May 24, 2025.
May 2, 2024
Tag F0881Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected May 30, 2024.
May 2, 2024
Tag F0868Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterly.
Severity C: widespread, no actual harm, potential for minimal harm. Corrected May 30, 2024.
May 2, 2024
Tag F0625Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected May 30, 2024.
May 2, 2024
Tag F0732Post nurse staffing information every day.
Severity C: widespread, no actual harm, potential for minimal harm. Corrected May 30, 2024.
May 2, 2024
Tag F0867Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Severity C: widespread, no actual harm, potential for minimal harm. Corrected May 30, 2024.
May 2, 2024
Tag F0880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Severity F: widespread, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected May 30, 2024.
May 2, 2024
Tag F0561Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected May 30, 2024.
May 2, 2024
Tag F0727Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
Severity F: widespread, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected May 30, 2024.
May 2, 2024
Tag F0851Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data.
Severity C: widespread, no actual harm, potential for minimal harm. Corrected May 30, 2024.
May 2, 2024
Tag F0554Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected May 30, 2024.
May 2, 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 May 30, 2024.
May 2, 2024
Tag F0865Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.
Severity F: widespread, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected May 30, 2024.
Penalties
CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this nursing home in the last three years.
Staffing
5.57 nurse hours per resident per day in Q2 2026, down from 5.64 in Q1 2026.
From the payroll records nursing homes file with CMS.
Ownership
Non profit - Corporation
- Parent company: Sacred Heart Care Center, INC
Typical cost
CareScout Cost of Care Survey, 2025
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