Nursing Homes in Nebraska: Staffing, Turnover, and Penalties
Nebraska has 180 Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing homes in 118 cities. On CMS's August 2026 figures, nurse aides there log 2.64 hours per resident per day, 14% above the US average of 2.32, and 48.7% of nursing staff leave in a year (US 45.8%).
Nebraska averages
Aide hours per resident per day is the nurse aide time a home logged for each resident across a whole day, from the payroll records every home submits to CMS. More hours per resident means more hands on the floor for the same number of residents. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. Fines and payment denials are CMS penalties from the last three years.
CMS Care Compare State and US Averages, August 2026 release
Nursing homes by city
The most nursing homes are in Omaha (21), Lincoln (13), Grand Island (6). Each city page compares every home on staffing, turnover, CMS stars, and fines.
- Adams (1)
- Ainsworth (1)
- Albion (1)
- Alliance (1)
- Alma (1)
- Ashland (1)
- Atkinson (1)
- Auburn (1)
- Aurora (2)
- Bassett (1)
- Battle Creek (1)
- Bayard (1)
- Beatrice (2)
- Beaver City (1)
- Beemer (1)
- Bellevue (1)
- Benkelman (1)
- Bertrand (1)
- Blair (2)
- Bloomfield (1)
- Blue Hill (1)
- Bridgeport (1)
- Broken Bow (1)
- Burwell (1)
- Callaway (1)
- Central City (2)
- Chadron (1)
- Clarkson (1)
- Coleridge (1)
- Columbus (2)
- Cozad (1)
- Crawford (1)
- Creighton (1)
- Crete (1)
- David City (2)
- Deshler (1)
- Elkhorn (2)
- Elwood (1)
- Emerson (1)
- Fairbury (2)
- Fairmont (1)
- Falls City (2)
- Franklin (1)
- Fremont (3)
- Fullerton (1)
- Geneva (1)
- Genoa (1)
- Gering (1)
- Gordon (1)
- Gothenburg (1)
- Grand Island (6)
- Grant (1)
- Gretna (1)
- Hartington (1)
- Harvard (1)
- Hastings (1)
- Hay Springs (1)
- Hebron (1)
- Hemingford (1)
- Henderson (1)
- Holdrege (2)
- Humboldt (1)
- Imperial (1)
- Kearney (5)
- Kenesaw (1)
- Kimball (1)
- Lincoln (13)
- Louisville (1)
- Macy (1)
- Madison (1)
- McCook (1)
- Milford (1)
- Minden (1)
- Mitchell (1)
- Nebraska City (2)
- Neligh (1)
- Newman Grove (1)
- Norfolk (2)
- North Platte (3)
- Oakland (1)
- Ogallala (1)
- Omaha (21)
- O' Neill (1)
- Ord (1)
- Osceola (1)
- Oshkosh (1)
- Papillion (3)
- Pierce (1)
- Plainview (1)
- Plattsmouth (1)
- Randolph (1)
- Red Cloud (1)
- Rushville (1)
- Scottsbluff (2)
- Seward (1)
- Sidney (1)
- South Sioux City (2)
- Stanton (1)
- St Edward (1)
- ST Paul (1)
- Stromsburg (1)
- Stuart (1)
- Superior (1)
- Sutherland (1)
- Sutton (1)
- Syracuse (1)
- Tekamah (1)
- Valley (1)
- Verdigre (1)
- Wahoo (2)
- Wakefield (1)
- Wauneta (1)
- Waverly (1)
- Wayne (1)
- West Point (1)
- Wilber (1)
- Wisner (1)
- York (1)
Largest nursing home chains in Nebraska
CMS links 91 of Nebraska's homes to these 15 chains. A chain is a group of homes under common ownership or management, as CMS records it.
| Chain | Homes in NE | Homes nationwide |
|---|---|---|
| Vetter Senior Living | 21 | 22 |
| Good Samaritan Society | 15 | 92 |
| Avid Healthcare Group | 11 | 11 |
| Emerald Healthcare | 8 | 14 |
| Rural Health Development | 8 | 9 |
| The Ensign Group | 7 | 342 |
| Accura Healthcare | 6 | 41 |
| Ambassador Health | 3 | 4 |
| Lantis Enterprises | 3 | 5 |
| Immanuel | 2 | 3 |
| Life Care Centers of America | 2 | 194 |
| Prestige Care Center | 2 | 3 |
| American Baptist Homes of the Midwest | 1 | 6 |
| Arboreta Healthcare | 1 | 2 |
| Avera Health | 1 | 13 |
Chain as recorded in the CMS Provider Information file, August 2026 release