Nye Legacy Health & Rehabilitation Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2008-12-10. 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) 721-9300 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Nye Legacy Health & Rehabilitation Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 66.2/100, placing it #9899 of 14703 facilities nationally and #113 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 Nye Legacy Health & Rehabilitation Center receives a reported average of 4 hours 36 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 6 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 38 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 53 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 58 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 51.7%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 3 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $35,932. 3 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 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 17.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Nye Legacy Health & Rehabilitation Center ranks 9899th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 66.2/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within NE, it ranks 113th out of 179 nursing homes. In Fremont, it ranks 2nd out of 3 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,046 nationally and RN hours rank #1,517 nationally (#15 in NE). Our composite quality score of 66.2/100 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 Fremont, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/nebraska/fremont/