Prairie Lakes Hospice
Watertown, South Dakota — Codington County
Prairie Lakes Hospice is an established non-profit hospice provider that scores well above average overall, ranking in the 81st percentile in South Dakota. They perform particularly well in end-of-life presence, clinical care practices, overall care quality indicators, and family communication, meeting or exceeding state benchmarks in these areas. This is a smaller-census provider, which can mean more personalized care — ask how they manage staffing during weekends and holidays.
Wayven Quality Score
Excellent
Better than 81% of hospices in South Dakota
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CompareQuality breakdown
Three pillars that make up the overall score. Tap to explore individual measures.
State avg: 73.6
State avg: 95.7
State avg: 95.7
State avg: 95.7
State avg: 95.7
State avg: 95.7
Note: Family satisfaction scores are from the South Dakota CAHPS Hospice Survey (state-level, not provider-specific). Providers in this state share these benchmarks.
State avg: 95.7
State avg: 95.7
10
HCI Score
out of 10
81%
Percentile
in South Dakota
#4
State Rank
in South Dakota
State avg: 9.1
State avg: 95.7
About this provider
Prairie Lakes Hospice performs strongly in Process Integrity, placing them among the better providers in South Dakota.
Ask about their on-call availability and how they support families between scheduled visits.
Based on federal CMS quality data, updated February 2026.
Hospice Care Index Components
- Overall HCI score
- 10 / 10
- Continuous care / inpatient days
- 1.4
- Gaps in nursing visits
- 7.1
- Nurse care minutes per day
- 33.3
- Visits near death
- 98.5
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $4980
Process Quality Measures (HIS)
- Composite score
- 95.6
- Treatment preferences
- 100
- Beliefs & values
- 100
- Pain screening
- 97.8
- Pain assessment
- 99.1
- Dyspnea screening
- 100
- Dyspnea treatment
- 99.6
- Opioid bowel care
- 97.7
Utilization & Operations
- Visits in last days of life
- 90.7%
- Nurse care minutes / day
- 33.3
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $4980
- Avg daily census
- 14 patients
Patient Mix
- Cancer
- 32%
- Dementia
- 24%
- Heart disease
- 15%
- Respiratory
- 13%
- Stroke
- Not reported
Data Sources
- CCN
- 431504
- CMS Region
- 8
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