Nursing home
Sanford Hillsboro Care Center
12 3Rd St Se, Hillsboro, ND 58045 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · Part of Sanford Health Good Samaritan (Prospera) (4 facilities) · 34 certified beds
Sanford Hillsboro Care Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Hillsboro, North Dakota. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.64 hours per resident per day, above the North Dakota average of 4.41. Its most recent inspection on Jun 26, 2025 cited 3 deficiencies.
- 2 fines totaling $42,488In CMS records: 2 total penalties.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Sanford Hillsboro Care Center compares
This facility vs. the North Dakota and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | North Dakota avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 4.64 | 4.41 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.72 | 0.93 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.20 | 2.99 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 42.3% | 49.0% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 3.0 | 5.4 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
- Every deficiency from the June 26, 2025 inspection was corrected by July 17, 2025
Penalties in CMS records: 2 fines totaling $42,488, 2 total penalties.
What inspectors found at Sanford Hillsboro Care Center
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jun 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jun 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 5, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jun 5, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 10 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jun 5, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jun 5, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jun 5, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Minimal
Post nurse staffing information every day.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Jun 5, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 2, 2023
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 12 3Rd St Se
Hillsboro, ND 58045 - CMS certification #
- 355061
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 34
- Avg residents/day
- 31.9
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1978-06-01
- Chain
- Sanford Health Good Samaritan (Prospera) (4 facilities)
- Setting
- Rural
Part of Sanford Health Good Samaritan (Prospera)
Sanford Health Good Samaritan (Prospera) operates 4 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Sanford Health Good Samaritan (Prospera) facilities →
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
Full public records, with dates and sources
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Sanford Hillsboro, Hillsboro. 0.0 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Halstad Living Center, Halstad. 11.6 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Riverview Home Care, Crookston. 32.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 33.7 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 58045 as rural (rural area).
- Hospice
- 3 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 58045.
- Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Chess Medicine PLLC, Fargo. 39.8 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: very low. By hazard: inland flooding relatively low, wildfire very low, tornado relatively moderate, heat wave very low, earthquake very low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | No plain statements of services found |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Sanford Hillsboro Care Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Sanford Hillsboro Care Center an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Sanford Hillsboro Care Center staffed?
Sanford Hillsboro Care Center reports 4.64 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the North Dakota average of 4.41.
Has Sanford Hillsboro Care Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 3 deficiencies.
How many beds does Sanford Hillsboro Care Center have?
Sanford Hillsboro Care Center is certified for 34 beds.