CCN 355089 · Walsh County, North Dakota

Good Samaritan Society - Park River

301 South County Road 12B, Park River, ND 58270

Good Samaritan Society - Park River is a 44-bed nonprofit nursing home in Park River, North Dakota, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1984. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 42.8 residents a day, about 97% 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
44
Average residents per day
42.8 (97.3% of beds)
Ownership type
Non profit - Corporation
Certification
Medicare and Medicaid
Legal business name
The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society
Certified since
Jan 1, 1984
Chain or affiliated group
Good Samaritan Society (92 facilities, chain average 3.1 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.

MeasureThis facilityNorth Dakota medianUS median
Overall rating2 of 5State spread: 14 at 1, 10 at 2, 15 at 3, 15 at 4, 17 at 5
Health inspections2 of 5
Quality measures2 of 5
Staffing4 of 5
Total nurse hours per resident per day3.024.373.68
RN hours per resident per day0.700.900.58
Weekend nurse hours per resident per day2.51
Nursing staff turnover47.4%50.0%44.9%
Occupancy (residents / beds)97.3%94.5%85.7%
Fines reported by CMS1 totaling $27,417
Health deficiencies, latest standard survey6 (Aug 21, 2025)

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). Good Samaritan Society - Park River meets that part today: 2 stars overall, 2 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
SanfordOrganizationDirect Ownership Interest100%01/01/2019
The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan SocietyOrganizationIndirect Ownership Interest100%01/01/2019

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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