St Luke Community Nursing Home
107 6th Ave S W, Ronan, MT 59864 · Lake County · 75 certified beds · avg 37 residents/day · certified since Dec 4, 1978
What health inspectors found (on-site government inspections — the most independent evidence available)
Health inspection rating: ★★★★★5/5 · CMS overall rating: 5/5
The health inspection star above is graded on a curve within each state — a set share of each state's facilities gets each star level — so a facility can have few citations and still rate 2–3 stars if others in its state did even better. The overall rating combines that inspection score with staffing and self-reported quality measures.
Most serious findings (actual harm or immediate jeopardy)
▲ Actual harm, one-off · Mar 27, 2025 · F-0689
The facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls.
Why it matters: This is one of the most common citations and directly relates to falls and injuries, which can be devastating for older adults.
Severity (G): One or a few residents were actually harmed — physically or emotionally — though not put in immediate danger of serious injury or death.
Corrected: Apr 28, 2025 (Deficient, Provider has date of correction)
All citations in the current public record (9)
CMS publishes roughly the last three inspection cycles plus recent complaint investigations. Older surveys drop out of the record as new ones are completed.
| Date | Severity | What the facility was cited for |
|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | C · Minimal risk, facility-wide | The facility did not have or follow an effective program to prevent and control infections — such as proper hand washing, cleaning, and isolation practices. This is the most commonly cited deficiency nationwide. |
| Mar 27, 2025 | ▲ G · Actual harm, one-off | The facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls. |
| Mar 27, 2025 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. |
| Mar 27, 2025 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not run an ongoing quality assurance committee that reviews care problems and creates plans to fix them. |
| Mar 27, 2025 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not have or follow an effective program to prevent and control infections — such as proper hand washing, cleaning, and isolation practices. This is the most commonly cited deficiency nationwide. |
| Mar 27, 2025 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility's medication error rate was 5 percent or higher — meaning too many doses were given incorrectly, such as the wrong drug, dose, or time. |
| Mar 27, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not keep residents' personal and medical information private and confidential. |
| Mar 14, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not keep residents' personal and medical information private and confidential. |
| Mar 14, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not have a working call system — the button or cord residents use to summon help — in each resident's bathroom and bathing area. |
Inspection trend by year
Citations from standard inspections decreased between the last two inspection cycles (6 → 1).
| Year | Citations | Serious (G–L) | Worst severity that year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | D |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | G ▲ |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | C |
Counts reflect the current CMS public record (~3 inspection cycles plus complaint investigations); years with no surveys show no row. Inspection frequency varies, so compare severity as well as counts.
Fines and enforcement (last 3 years)
1 fine totaling $44,252.
| Date | Type | Amount / length |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2025 | Fine | $44,252 |
Nurse staffing (from payroll records, adjusted for how much care residents need)
| Measure | This facility | Montana avg | U.S. avg | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day) | 5.22 | 4.82 | 3.95 | top 31% in Montana; top 10% in the U.S. |
| Registered Nurse hours | 1.64 | 1.17 | 0.69 | top 21% in Montana; top 3% in the U.S. |
| Weekend total nurse staffing | 4.72 | 4.26 | 3.50 | top 31% in Montana; top 9% in the U.S. |
| Weekend RN hours (not acuity-adjusted) | 1.05 | 0.71 | 0.48 | top 12% in Montana; top 5% in the U.S. |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 32.6 | 54.8 | 45.8 | top 1% in Montana; top 19% in the U.S. |
| RN turnover (%) | 16.7 | 48.3 | 42.9 | top 1% in Montana; top 9% in the U.S. |
Hours are per resident per day, case-mix adjusted by CMS so facilities caring for sicker residents can be compared fairly (same basis as the CMS staffing star). "Top X%" means better than most facilities: more staffing hours, or lower turnover. Raw (unadjusted) reported hours: total 4.42, RN 1.39, weekend 4.00. Staffing rating: 5/5.
Self-reported quality measures
Note: these ratings are based on data the facility reports about itself to CMS. They are not independently verified by inspectors, and can look better than inspection findings. Give more weight to the inspection results above.
Quality measures rating: 5/5 · long-stay residents: 5/5 · short-stay residents: —/5
Who owns this facility
Non profit - Corporation
| Owner / manager | Type | Role | Stake | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams, Jason | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 11/01/2023 |
| Castor, Holly | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/1992 |
| Emerson, Leah | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2022 |
| Grainey, Philip | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/1986 |
| McGinnis, Jennifer | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2011 |
| Olsson, Martin | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/1989 |
| Pavlock, August | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 07/01/2012 |
| Perret, Jay | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2026 |
| Perret, Jay | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2026 |
| Todd, Steven | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 09/01/2013 |
| Todd, Steven | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 09/01/2013 |
| Todd, Steven | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/30/2026 |
| Vigil, Megan | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2026 |
Questions to ask on your visit
Generated from this facility's actual citation record — bring them to a tour and ask the administrator directly.
- "What is your falls rate, and what specific steps do you take to prevent falls and supervise residents at risk?"
- "Who leads your infection prevention program, and how do you make sure staff follow practices like hand hygiene every day?"
- "What did your most recent kitchen inspection find, and can I see how food is stored and prepared?"
- "How does your quality committee work, and can you give an example of a problem it recently identified and fixed?"
- "What is your current medication error rate, and what have you changed to bring errors down?"
- "How do you protect residents' privacy, both in their medical records and in day-to-day care?"
- "Can you show me the call buttons in the bathrooms and bathing areas, and tell me your average response time when one is pressed?"
- "What is your current ratio of nursing staff to residents on day, evening, and weekend shifts?"
- "Can I see the results and plan of correction from your most recent state inspection?"
Nearby facilities (within 20 miles)
| Facility | Distance | City | Overall | Inspection | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polson Health & Rehabilitation Center | 9.8 mi | Polson, MT | ★★★★☆ | 4/5 |
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Facility data as of CMS processing date 2026-08-01. CCN 275093.