CCN 245384 · Cook County, Minnesota

North Shore Health

515 - 5th Avenue West, Grand Marais, MN 55604

North Shore Health is a 37-bed government-owned nursing home in Grand Marais, Minnesota, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1987. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 27.9 residents a day, about 75% of its certified beds. We found no FHA-insured Section 232 loan for it in HUD's healthcare endorsement database (fiscal 2001 onward).

Facility facts

Certified beds
37
Average residents per day
27.9 (75.4% of beds)
Ownership type
Government - Hospital district
Certification
Medicare and Medicaid
Legal business name
Cook County Hospital District
Certified since
Jan 1, 1987
Chain or affiliated group
None listed by CMS
Location
Rural, inside a hospital

Ratings and staffing

Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.

MeasureThis facilityMinnesota medianUS median
Overall rating4 of 5State spread: 64 at 1, 61 at 2, 58 at 3, 64 at 4, 89 at 5
Health inspections4 of 5
Quality measures3 of 5
Staffing4 of 5
Total nurse hours per resident per day4.594.163.68
RN hours per resident per day1.920.970.58
Weekend nurse hours per resident per day3.92
Nursing staff turnover71.8%40.0%44.9%
Occupancy (residents / beds)75.4%87.4%85.7%
Fines reported by CMSNone
Health deficiencies, latest standard survey2 (May 27, 2026)

HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part

HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). North Shore Health meets that part today: 4 stars overall, 4 on health inspections, no abuse icon. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.

Who owns and operates it

These are the owners and operators the facility reported to CMS: anyone with a 5% or greater direct or indirect stake, and any organization with operational or managerial control.

NameRoleShareSince
Cook County Hospital DistrictOrganizationOperational / Managerial Controln/a01/01/1987
Hansen, CatherineIndividualOperational / Managerial Controln/a07/01/2023
Wraalstad, KimberIndividualOperational / Managerial Controln/a08/01/2010

Changes of ownership

No change of ownership for this facility appears in the CMS change-of-ownership file, which starts in January 2016.

HUD Section 232 loans

No FHA-insured loan matching this facility appears in HUD's database of healthcare endorsements, which covers fiscal 2001 onward (HUD data run of July 8, 2026). A loan could still exist under a different project name or from before 2001.

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Sources and dates

Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.

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