Mid-Nebraska Lutheran Home is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1997-05-05. 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) 447-6203 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Mid-Nebraska Lutheran Home 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 (2★), Staffing (2★), and Quality of Resident Care (1★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 60.8/100, placing it #11831 of 14703 facilities nationally and #131 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 Mid-Nebraska Lutheran Home receives a reported average of 4 hours 54 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 21 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 5 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 28 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 25 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 2 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. 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 $46,210. 6 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. There were 2 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $46,210, and 2 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 3. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 49.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Mid-Nebraska Lutheran Home ranks 11831st out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 60.8/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within NE, it ranks 131st out of 179 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,394 nationally and RN hours rank #11,871 nationally (#155 in NE). Our composite quality score of 60.8/100 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 Newman Grove, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/nebraska/newman-grove/