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Sacred Heart Care Center

Nursing home in Austin, MN

Medicare & Medicaid certified2★ overall (CMS)

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Public-record details

Address
1200 12th Street Southwest, Austin, MN 55912
Phone
(507) 433-1808
Listed under
Nonprofit, No fines in 3 years
Medicare CCN
245447
Overall star rating
2 of 5 ★★☆☆☆
Health inspection rating
3 of 5
Staffing rating
4 of 5
Quality measures rating
1 of 5
Certified beds
59
Average residents per day
49
Ownership
Nonprofit, corporation
Legal business name
Sacred Heart Care Center, INC
Certified for
Medicare and Medicaid
First approved by Medicare/Medicaid
Mar 1, 1987
Changed ownership in last 12 months
No
Continuing care retirement community
No
Located inside a hospital
No
Resident or family council
Resident and family councils
Sprinklers in all required areas
Yes

CMS certification number 245447. Source: CMS Nursing Home Provider Information, Health Deficiencies and Penalties (record). Data as of 2026-09-30.

Inspection record

Most recent standard health inspection: Jul 25, 2025. CMS lists 29 health citations for this facility across its last three standard inspection cycles and complaint inspections (Jul 13, 2023 to Jul 25, 2025): 4 from complaint inspections, 0 at the “actual harm” level or higher.

InspectionCitationSeverity
Jul 25, 2025PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Resident Assessment and Care Planning		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Jul 25, 2025Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
Quality of Life and Care		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Jul 25, 2025Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Jul 25, 2025Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care		E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
Jul 25, 2025Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
Nursing and Physician Services		F
Potential for more than minimal harm, widespread
Apr 29, 2025Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation · complaint inspection		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Apr 29, 2025Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation · complaint inspection		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Apr 29, 2025Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Pharmacy Service · complaint inspection		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
May 2, 2024Post nurse staffing information every day.
Nursing and Physician Services		C
Potential for minimal harm, widespread
May 2, 2024Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data.
Administration		C
Potential for minimal harm, widespread
May 2, 2024Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Administration		C
Potential for minimal harm, widespread
May 2, 2024Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterly
Administration		C
Potential for minimal harm, widespread

Showing the 12 most recent of 29. Full inspection reports are on Medicare Care Compare.

Severity letters follow CMS's scope-and-severity grid: A–C potential for minimal harm, D–F potential for more than minimal harm, G–I actual harm, J–L immediate jeopardy. Most citations are corrected; a citation is what inspectors found on that date. Source: CMS Health Deficiencies file, processed Aug 1, 2026.

Fines and payment denials

CMS records no fines or payment denials for this facility in the last three years.

Source: CMS Penalties file, processed Aug 1, 2026. Amounts are as CMS reports them and may reflect later reductions or appeals.

Staffing

Total nurse staffing per resident per day
5.64 hours
Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day
0.96 hours
Nurse aide time per resident per day
3.66 hours
Total nurse staffing on weekends
4.79 hours

From payroll-based staffing data the facility submits to CMS. Hours are per resident per day.

A citation is what inspectors found on one date; most are corrected within weeks. Look for patterns — the same problem cited in several inspections — and for anything at the G–L level (actual harm or immediate jeopardy). The full inspection narrative (Form CMS-2567) is linked from Medicare Care Compare, and your state long-term care ombudsman can tell you about complaints.

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