CCN 245454 · Pine County, Minnesota
Cura of Sandstone
109 Court Avenue South, Sandstone, MN 55072
Cura of Sandstone is a 50-bed nonprofit nursing home in Sandstone, Minnesota, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1987. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 36.2 residents a day, about 72% 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
- 50
- Average residents per day
- 36.2 (72.4% of beds)
- Ownership type
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Premier Healthcare Management of Sandstone LLC
- Certified since
- Apr 1, 1987
- Chain or affiliated group
- Cura (8 facilities, chain average 2.5 stars)
- Location
- Rural
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.
| Measure | This facility | Minnesota median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 1 of 5 | State spread: 64 at 1, 61 at 2, 58 at 3, 64 at 4, 89 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 2 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 1 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 4 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 5.18 | 4.16 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 1.32 | 0.97 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 4.52 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | not reported | 40.0% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 72.4% | 87.4% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 1 totaling $17,345 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 11 (Apr 8, 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). Cura of Sandstone does not meet it today: overall rating 1. 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.
| Name | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opatz, TomIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 50% | 05/12/2017 |
| Struzyk, FredIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 50% | 05/12/2017 |
| Tf Management LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/01/2017 |
| Colby, JenniferIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/01/1996 |
| Ervin, DerekIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/28/2022 |
| Johnson, JenniferIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/06/2024 |
| Lindberg, KallieIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/03/2024 |
| Ludwig, CynthiaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/24/2023 |
| Meyer, LunaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/10/2024 |
| Strate, LawrenceIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/01/2017 |
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.
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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