Nebraska Nursing Home Rankings & Safety Report

zReports Research Institute · Updated August 2026

Bythe zReports Healthcare Research Team · zReports Research Institute Data sourcezReports Consumer Intelligence Database™ v2026.08 Facilities analyzed179 Government sourcesthe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Last updatedAugust 2026 MethodologyConsumer Z Score™ · Database v2026.08

Nebraska has 179 active licensed nursing homes on the state's public file. zReports analyzed CMS Nursing Home Compare data to produce a records layer grade for every one, the government's own verdicts, mapped through one fixed rule. No facility can pay to change a score, and the grade is free.

Key findings

179active licensed nursing homes across 117 Nebraska cities appear on the state's public file.
54.2%hold an A or B records layer grade, while 44 carry a D or F.
73.1is the statewide average records layer score across all graded nursing homes.
Lincolnis the highest-scoring larger city (13 facilities, average score 74.2).
Omahahas the most licensed nursing homes in the state (21).
13,667is the combined licensed capacity across 179 facilities reporting a capacity figure.

Key statistics

StatisticValue
Active licensed nursing homes179
Cities covered117
Statewide average records layer score73.1
Grade A facilities65 (36.3%)
Grade B facilities32 (17.9%)
Grade C facilities38 (21.2%)
Grade D facilities42 (23.5%)
Grade F facilities2 (1.1%)
Facilities with a clean record (no deficiencies on file)179 (100%)
Serious (high severity) findings on the record0
Moderate findings on the record0
Combined licensed capacity13,667

By city

Omaha (21)Lincoln (13)Grand Island (6)Kearney (5)North Platte (3)Fremont (3)Papillion (3)Falls City (2)Holdrege (2)David City (2)South Sioux City (2)Norfolk (2)Columbus (2)Scottsbluff (2)Nebraska City (2)Beatrice (2)Elkhorn (2)Central City (2)Blair (2)Wahoo (2)Fairbury (2)Aurora (2)Stromsburg (1)Alliance (1)Adams (1)Gering (1)Hastings (1)Coleridge (1)Mccook (1)Hartington (1)Ogallala (1)Cozad (1)Franklin (1)Stanton (1)Plattsmouth (1)O' Neill (1)Auburn (1)Fullerton (1)Clarkson (1)Valley (1)Tekamah (1)Neligh (1)York (1)Bellevue (1)Wayne (1)Syracuse (1)Pierce (1)Ashland (1)Sutherland (1)Waverly (1)Blue Hill (1)Gretna (1)Chadron (1)Wisner (1)Bloomfield (1)Gothenburg (1)Kenesaw (1)Wilber (1)Atkinson (1)Randolph (1)Alma (1)Superior (1)Verdigre (1)Osceola (1)Albion (1)Callaway (1)St Edward (1)Beemer (1)Fairmont (1)Madison (1)Battle Creek (1)Wakefield (1)Hay Springs (1)Newman Grove (1)Elwood (1)Wauneta (1)Emerson (1)Bridgeport (1)Red Cloud (1)St Paul (1)Geneva (1)Milford (1)Benkelman (1)Stuart (1)Humboldt (1)Crawford (1)Imperial (1)Kimball (1)Burwell (1)Bertrand (1)Hebron (1)Bayard (1)Deshler (1)Louisville (1)Beaver City (1)Minden (1)Harvard (1)Plainview (1)Sutton (1)Seward (1)Oakland (1)Crete (1)Creighton (1)Mitchell (1)Ord (1)Broken Bow (1)Ainsworth (1)West Point (1)Hemingford (1)Macy (1)Henderson (1)Oshkosh (1)Gordon (1)Genoa (1)Rushville (1)Sidney (1)Bassett (1)

Statewide top 25

#1 Sumner Place Lincoln · A

#2 St. Jane De Chantal Lincoln · A

#3 Rose Blumkin Jewish Home Omaha · A

#4 Highland Park Care Center Alliance · A

#5 Gold Crest Retirement Center Adams · A

#6 Heritage Estates Gering · A

#7 Brookestone Of David City David City · A

#8 Newport House Omaha · A

#9 Accura Healthcare Of Hartington Hartington · A

#10 Dunklau Gardens Fremont · A

#11 York General Hearthstone York · A

#12 Alpine Village Retirement Center Verdigre · A

#13 Good Samaritan Society - Albion Albion · A

#14 Colonial Haven Beemer · A

#15 Fairview Manor Fairmont · A

#16 Community Pride Care Center Battle Creek · A

#17 Pioneer Manor Nursing Home Hay Springs · A

#18 Elwood Care Center Elwood · A

#19 Southlake Village Rehabilitation & Care Center Lincoln · A

#20 Heritage Of Emerson Emerson · A

#21 Heritage Crossings Geneva · A

#22 Brookestone Village Omaha · A

#23 Parkside Manor Stuart · A

#24 Bertrand Nursing Home Bertrand · A

#25 Brookestone Of Papillion Papillion · A

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Methodology

The free grade on this page contains zero zReports judgment: it maps the state's own published licensing and enforcement verdicts through one fixed rule, applied identically to every nursing home in America. Where the record and public reputation diverge, a highly reviewed facility with serious findings on file, the paid Consumer Intelligence Report™ surfaces it through the composite Consumer Z Score™ and our published ten point methodology. Facilities are never contacted and cannot pay to change a score. Read the full methodology →

About nursing home licensing in Nebraska

Nursing Homes in Nebraska are overseen by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), whose certification, inspection, and quality-reporting data is published on the public record. This page is computed from CMS Nursing Home Compare data, the government’s own filings, not reviews or advertising.

Frequently asked questions

How many nursing homes are there in Nebraska?

Nebraska has 179 active licensed nursing homes on the state's public file, across 117 cities, with a combined licensed capacity of 13,667. Every one has a free records layer grade on zReports.

Which Nebraska city has the most nursing homes?

Omaha, with 21 licensed nursing homes, followed by Lincoln (13) and Grand Island (6).

How are Nebraska nursing home grades calculated?

The free records layer grade contains zero zReports judgment. It maps the government's own published verdicts, CMS Nursing Home Compare data, through one fixed rule, applied identically to every nursing home in the country. The paid Consumer Intelligence Report™ adds the composite Consumer Z Score™, which audits the record against public reputation through our published ten point methodology.

Why can a facility with 5-star reviews have a low grade?

Reviews and records are different surfaces. Reviews reflect what visitors chose to write, and can be managed by the business. Inspection and enforcement records are filed by the state, are mandatory, and cannot be edited by the facility. When the two diverge, the record is the surface worth checking. That divergence is exactly what zReports was built to surface.

How often are these rankings updated?

Rankings refresh whenever Nebraska republishes its licensing data; facility pages carry the records-verified date for each provider. This page was generated from the current file as of August 2026.

Can a facility pay to change its score?

No. Facilities are never contacted, never notified, and cannot pay to be listed, delisted, or re-scored. zReports has no business relationship with any facility it grades, independence is the product.

Data Provenance

This report was generated from the zReports Consumer Records Database™, a continuously updated database that normalizes official government licensing, inspection, enforcement, ownership, and safety records across multiple federal and state agencies. Every statistic in this report is traceable to its originating public record. Facilities cannot pay to alter scores, rankings, or findings.

Data source: zReports Consumer Intelligence Database™ v2026.08 · Built from: CMS Provider Data Catalog · HHS OIG Exclusions List (LEIE) · Public consumer review signals (audited, never trusted, in the composite Consumer Z Score™) · Proprietary Consumer Z Score™ methodology · Updated: August 2026

Cite this report

APA, zReports Research Institute. (2026). Nebraska Nursing Home Rankings & Safety Report (v2026.08). zReports.org. https://zreports.org/rankings/nursing/ne

MLA, zReports Research Institute. “Nebraska Nursing Home Rankings & Safety Report.” zReports.org, v2026.08, August 2026, zreports.org/rankings/nursing/ne.

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