Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home
315 NORTH WASHINGTON ST, Viborg, SD, 57070
Yes. Federal inspectors cited 1 deficiency against Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home in Viborg, South Dakota at its most recent standard inspection on 2025-02-21. 2 findings have been recorded at the immediate-jeopardy level, the most serious CMS uses, meaning a resident was placed in immediate danger. Medicare has fined it 1 time, totalling $32,536. Medicare rates it 3 out of 5 overall.
Every deficiency on record, by how serious CMS judged it
CMS grades each finding from A to L on two axes: how badly residents were affected, and how many. These are its bands, not ours. The figures cover every standard and complaint survey on record, which is a longer window than the rating cycle above.
The last 3 findings, newest first
Each is the federal requirement the home was found not to meet, in CMS’s own wording, with the tag number so it can be looked up against the inspection report.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · F0812 · 2025-02-21 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · F0600 · 2023-10-31 · standard survey · Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · F0609 · 2023-10-31 · standard survey · Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
How CMS scores this home
These stars are Medicare’s, not ours — we publish no rating of our own. They are reproduced here because they are part of the public record.
What Medicare has fined this home
Who owns Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home
Nursing homes are frequently owned through layers of companies, and the name over the door is rarely the one that holds the licence. This is the ownership CMS has on file.
| Owner | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| PIONEER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL & HEALTH SERVICES | Organization | 100% | since 04/01/2004 |
| CHRISTENSEN, PAUL | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 03/10/2004 |
| LARSEN, KIMBERLY | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 03/26/2018 |
| LEE, TROY | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 03/28/2016 |
| NYHAUG, CONNIE | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 03/01/2024 |
| PARSONS, MELANIE | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 03/01/2002 |
| PENNING, RYAN | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 03/01/2019 |
| PONCELET, CHRIS | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 03/01/2018 |
| STANAGE, LISA | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 03/01/2023 |
| SURPRENANT, LUKE | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 03/01/2024 |
| CHRISTIANSEN, ANNE | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 08/10/1992 |
| GERDES, ISSAC | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 06/30/2024 |
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Nursing Home Care Compare. Retrieved 2026-07-29. Facility number 435120.
Figures reproduce the state’s own totals and are not re-aggregated. Methodology · Report a correction