Emerald Nursing & Rehab Lancaster Llc
1001 South Street, Lincoln, NE, 68502
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Official records from CMS Care Compare — reported by the facility and audited by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. We present them unmodified. Refreshed June 2026.
Special Focus Candidate
CMS has identified this facility as a Special Focus Candidate — a track record of serious quality issues that places it one step away from full Special Focus Facility designation.
Source: CMS Care Compare.
CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company · Chain: Emerald Healthcare
- Certified beds
- 293 · avg 166 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 71.1% — higher than most Nebraska nursing homesNebraska avg: 48.7% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 85.7% — higher than most Nebraska nursing homesNebraska avg: 43.9% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 1 departed — near the Nebraska averageNebraska avg: 0.5 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 3 fines · $79,725 total
- Payment denials
- 3 denials
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 285275
- Certified beds
- 293 beds · avg 166 residents/day
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Continuing-care community
- No
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- Emerald Nursing & Rehab Lancaster Llc
- Chain affiliation
- Emerald Healthcare
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Emerald Healthcare chain — 14 facilities across 3 states. Chain-wide average overall rating 1.5 / 5.
Disclosed owners (5 on record)
- Ephram m Lahasky
5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · 33% · since 2022
- Jacob i Walden
5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · 33% · since 2022
- Jennifer d Graff
W-2 Managing Employee · 100% · since 2022
- Lancaster Opco Holdings LlcHolding
5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · 100% · since 2022
- Yisroel i Chafetz
5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · 33% · since 2022
Recent change of ownership
April 2022 (4 years ago) · acquired from Lancaster Rehabilitation Center
Transaction type: Change of Ownership
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Chain Performance Measures + Change of Ownership, as of May 2026.
Federal inspection record
Immediate-jeopardy citations (CMS scope/severity J–L) are the most serious category federal inspectors issue — meaning a deficiency placed residents in immediate risk of serious harm. Ask the facility for the corrective-action plan filed with CMS, and consider contacting your state long-term care ombudsman for context.
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 59)
- E0812·Apr 22, 2026Complaint
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- D0773·Apr 14, 2026Complaint
Administration Deficiencies
Provide or obtain laboratory tests/services when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results.
- D0658·Apr 14, 2026Complaint
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- D0580·Apr 14, 2026Complaint
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- F0812·Jan 8, 2026Complaint
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- D0689·Jun 24, 2025Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- F0725·Apr 14, 2025Complaint
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
- D0880·Mar 4, 2025Complaint
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20243 fines · $80K · 3 payment denials
Most recent events
- Oct 29, 2024Payment denial · 13 days · starting Nov 27, 2024
- Oct 29, 2024Fine · $51K
- Jul 8, 2024Fine · $12K
- May 7, 2024Payment denial · 16 days · starting Jun 4, 2024
- Jan 23, 2024Payment denial · 4 days · starting Mar 28, 2024
- Jan 23, 2024Fine · $17K
Largest single fine on record: $51K.
Fire-safety citations
47 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Jul 8, 2025. Fire-safety inspections cover building-level Life Safety Code compliance, separate from the resident-care health survey.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Health Deficiencies, Fire Safety Deficiencies, and Penalties datasets, snapshot Jun 1, 2026.
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- Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.
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