CCN 245589 · Renville County, Minnesota
Buffalo Lake Health Care Center
703 West Yellowstone Trail, Buffalo Lake, MN 55314
Buffalo Lake Health Care Center is a 49-bed nonprofit nursing home in Buffalo Lake, Minnesota, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1991. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 45.3 residents a day, about 92% 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
- 49
- Average residents per day
- 45.3 (92.4% of beds)
- Ownership type
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Buffalo Lake Healthcare Center INC,.
- Certified since
- Nov 1, 1991
- Chain or affiliated group
- None listed by CMS
- 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 | 4 of 5 | State spread: 64 at 1, 61 at 2, 58 at 3, 64 at 4, 89 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 3 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 2 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 5 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 4.60 | 4.16 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.76 | 0.97 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.90 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 42.6% | 40.0% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 92.4% | 87.4% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 8 (Jan 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). Buffalo Lake Health Care Center meets that part today: 4 stars overall, 3 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.
| Name | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byron, DavidIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 02/05/2018 |
| Carlson, RanellIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/29/2016 |
| Rust, MarkIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2009 |
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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