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TWEETEN LUTHERAN HEALTH CARE CENTER

An independent review of Tweeten Lutheran Health Care Center's safety record, its Medicare rating, health-inspection citations, staffing, fines and complaints, drawn from public federal data (not user star-ratings).

125 5TH AVENUE SOUTHEAST · SPRING GROVE, MN 55974 · 49 beds
Phone: 5074983211
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Open Care Data Safety Grade

This facility raises serious safety concerns and ranks well below its peers.

Starts from the Medicare rating, then weighs Special Focus Facility status; below-average staffing; high RN turnover (67%). How we grade · See how it compares
Open Care Data's independent assessment of public federal data, not an official CMS rating. Data can lag or change. Operate this facility? Report a correction.

Recent News August 2026 federal update

Added to the federal Special Focus watch list

In the August 2026 federal update, CMS listed this facility as a Special Focus Facility candidate. The Special Focus Facility program identifies nursing homes with a persistent pattern of serious quality problems for heightened federal oversight.

These changes are drawn from the U.S. federal (CMS) nursing home data. The facts are CMS's; the explanations are Open Care Data's. Federal data updates periodically and can lag current conditions. Operate this facility? Add context or report a correction.

Medicare Five-Star Rating · as of the latest federal update

Overall
1 / 5
Staffing
1 / 5
Health Inspection
1 / 5
Quality Measures
★★
2 / 5

Top concerns What stands out in the record

  • On the federal Special Focus Facility watch list for persistent quality problems.
  • Below-average overall Medicare rating (1 of 5 stars).
  • Staffing rating is in the bottom tier, often the strongest predictor of care quality.
  • High registered-nurse turnover (67%), care continuity may suffer.

How it compares vs. 338 MN nursing homes

Overall Medicare rating
1of 5 stars
Better than 0% of MN homes
Staffing rating
1of 5 stars
Better than 0% of MN homes
Health-inspection rating
1of 5 stars
Better than 0% of MN homes
Total nurse hours / resident / day
0.94785hrs
Better than 0% of MN homes
RN hours / resident / day
0.1567hrs
Better than 0% of MN homes
RN turnover
66.7%
Better than 11% of MN homes

Percentiles rank this facility against every other Medicare-rated nursing home in Minnesota, using the latest federal data.

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Safety & Enforcement Federal inspection record

Safety indicators

Abuse indicator None on record
Special Focus Facility Enhanced oversight
Substantiated complaints 0

Financial penalties

0
Fines
$0
Total fines
1
Payment denials
1
Total penalties

Staffing Hours per resident / day

0.15670
RN hours per resident / day
Benchmark ≥ 0.75
0.94785
Total nursing hours / day
Benchmark ≈ 4.1
0.85903
Weekend nursing hours / day
Look for parity with weekdays

Higher staffing, especially RN time, correlates with better outcomes and higher Medicare star ratings.

Recent Deficiency Citations Last 36 months · federal inspections

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Quality Measures Medicare quality data · lower is better

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