Holmes Lake Rehabilitation & Care Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1995-08-01. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (402) 489-7175 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Holmes Lake Rehabilitation & Care Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (1★), Staffing (1★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 60.5/100, placing it #11905 of 14703 facilities nationally and #133 of 179 in Nebraska. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Holmes Lake Rehabilitation & Care Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 26 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 17 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 37 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 32 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 8 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 1 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 78.0%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $3,174. 10 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $3,174, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 94.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Holmes Lake Rehabilitation & Care Center ranks 11905th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 60.5/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within NE, it ranks 133rd out of 179 nursing homes. In Lincoln, it ranks 11th out of 13 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 3rd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #9,757 nationally and RN hours rank #12,901 nationally (#169 in NE). Our composite quality score of 60.5/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Lincoln, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/nebraska/lincoln/