Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Clarkson Health Care
1015 Mt View Rd, Rapid City, SD 57702 · Map
Non profit - Other · 51 certified beds
Clarkson Health Care is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Rapid City, South Dakota. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 5/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.70 hours per resident per day, below the South Dakota average of 3.89. Its most recent inspection on Jul 24, 2025 cited 3 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Clarkson Health Care compares
This facility vs. the South Dakota and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | South Dakota avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.70 | 3.89 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.73 | 0.80 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.22 | 2.61 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 33.3% | 49.7% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 3.0 | 6.8 | 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.
What inspectors found at Clarkson Health Care
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
Regularly inspect all bed frames, mattresses, and bed rails (if any) for safety; and all bed rails and mattresses must attach safely to the bed frame.
Environmental Deficiencies · Jul 24, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jul 24, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jul 24, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Feb 1, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Dec 21, 2022
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
- 1015 Mt View Rd
Rapid City, SD 57702 - CMS certification #
- 435037
- Ownership
- Non profit - Other
- Certified beds
- 51
- Avg residents/day
- 47.8
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1988-01-01
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Clarkson Health Care using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day
- Staff pay 2 federal wage cases with violations found, since 2011
- Emergency In FEMA's high-risk flood area (Zone AE)
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Clarkson Health Care says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
A professional nurse is on duty 24 hours a day and our Medical Director is directly involved in facility operations.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Oct 24, 2016 to Oct 23, 2018. Violations found: Family and medical leave. Employer as DOL recorded it: Clarkson Health Care Center (Presbyterian Retirement Village of Rapid City). Case 1866279.
- Findings for Apr 3, 2011 to Apr 2, 2013. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $1,178 owed to 13 employees. Civil money penalties assessed: $2,860. DOL marked the employer as a repeat violator. Employer as DOL recorded it: Clarkson Healthcare (Presbyterian Retirement Village of Rapid City). Case 1689100.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Monument Health Rapid City Hospital, Rapid City. 3.5 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Avantara Arrowhead, Rapid City. 0.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Interim Healthcare, Rapid City. 2.4 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 1.9 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 57702 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Monument Health Dialysis LLC Rapid City, Rapid City, 4.6 miles away, straight line
- Hospice
- 5 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 57702.
Stillwater Hospice Of South Dakota, office in Rapid City, 1.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Monument Health Home Plus Hospice, office in Rapid City, 2.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Monument Health Rapid City Hospital Inc, Rapid City. 3.5 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
- Zone AE: 1% annual chance flood area (high risk); base flood elevation set. This is inside FEMA's Special Flood Hazard Area, where flood insurance is required for federally backed mortgages. (FEMA flood map)
- Wildfire risk to homes
- In Rapid City, SD, risk to homes is greater than 92% of communities in South Dakota and 89% of communities nationwide. USDA rates the whole town or city, not this address. (USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Risk to Communities, April 2026)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire relatively high, tornado relatively moderate, heat wave relatively 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 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | See above |
| 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 | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Clarkson Health Care a good nursing home?
CMS gives Clarkson Health Care an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 5/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Clarkson Health Care staffed?
Clarkson Health Care reports 3.70 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the South Dakota average of 3.89.
Has Clarkson Health Care had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 3 deficiencies.
How many beds does Clarkson Health Care have?
Clarkson Health Care is certified for 51 beds.