White River Health Care Center is certified as a Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1990-05-17. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (605) 259-3161 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

White River Health Care Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 5 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (5★), Staffing (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 90.5/100, placing it #497 of 14703 facilities nationally and #1 of 97 in South Dakota. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at White River Health Care Center receives a reported average of 4 hours 39 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 36 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 55 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 7 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 53 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 49.0%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $6,168. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $6,168, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 6.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, White River Health Care Center ranks 497th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 90.5/100), placing it in the top 5% nationwide. Within SD, it ranks 1st out of 97 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,953 nationally and RN hours rank #6,539 nationally (#70 in SD). Our composite quality score of 90.5/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in White River, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/south_dakota/white-river/