Emerald Nursing & Rehab Columbus
2855 40th Avenue, Columbus, NE 68601 · Platte County · 145 certified beds · avg 74 residents/day · certified since Dec 1, 1989
Part of chain: EMERALD HEALTHCARE (14 facilities, chain avg rating 1.3★)
3/5
Health inspection rating (on-site)
0
Serious findings on record
$0
Fines, last 3 years
3.15
Nurse hours/resident/day (adjusted)
What health inspectors found (on-site government inspections — the most independent evidence available)
Health inspection rating: ★★★☆☆3/5 · CMS overall rating: 1/5
The health inspection star above is graded on a curve within each state — a set share of each state's facilities gets each star level — so a facility can have few citations and still rate 2–3 stars if others in its state did even better. The overall rating combines that inspection score with staffing and self-reported quality measures.
All citations in the current public record (22)
CMS publishes roughly the last three inspection cycles plus recent complaint investigations. Older surveys drop out of the record as new ones are completed.
| Date | Severity | What the facility was cited for |
|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2026 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not keep its building and grounds safe, functional, clean, and comfortable for residents, staff, and visitors. · from a complaint |
| Apr 29, 2026 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not provide treatment and care that follows the doctor's orders and matches the resident's own preferences and goals. · from a complaint |
| Apr 29, 2026 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not have or follow an effective program to prevent and control infections — such as proper hand washing, cleaning, and isolation practices. This is the most commonly cited deficiency nationwide. · from a complaint |
| Apr 29, 2026 | C · Minimal risk, facility-wide | The facility did not post its nurse staffing information every day. Nursing homes must publicly display how many nurses and aides are on duty each day. · from a complaint |
| Aug 21, 2025 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not provide a safe, clean, comfortable, and homelike environment, including safe support for residents' daily living needs. |
| Aug 21, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not have or follow an effective program to prevent and control infections — such as proper hand washing, cleaning, and isolation practices. This is the most commonly cited deficiency nationwide. |
| Aug 14, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide proper care for pressure ulcers (bedsores) or did not do enough to prevent new ones from forming. Bedsores develop when residents stay in one position too long without help moving. · from a complaint |
| Aug 14, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not have or follow an effective program to prevent and control infections — such as proper hand washing, cleaning, and isolation practices. This is the most commonly cited deficiency nationwide. · from a complaint |
| Jul 18, 2024 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not have or follow an effective program to prevent and control infections — such as proper hand washing, cleaning, and isolation practices. This is the most commonly cited deficiency nationwide. |
| Jul 18, 2024 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not provide a safe, clean, comfortable, and homelike environment, including safe support for residents' daily living needs. · from a complaint |
| Jul 18, 2024 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not employ enough qualified food and nutrition staff, including a qualified dietician, to properly run its food service. |
| Jul 18, 2024 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. · from a complaint |
| Jul 18, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls. |
| Jul 18, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not keep residents' medications free from unnecessary drugs. Residents should only take medicines they truly need, at the right dose, for a clear reason. |
| Jul 18, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility's medication error rate was 5 percent or higher — meaning too many doses were given incorrectly, such as the wrong drug, dose, or time. · from a complaint |
| Jul 18, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not serve food and drinks that were appetizing, attractive, and at a safe and pleasant temperature. |
| May 1, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide the help residents need with basic daily activities — like bathing, dressing, eating, and using the bathroom — for residents who cannot do these things on their own. · from a complaint |
| May 1, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not have enough nursing staff each day to meet every resident's needs, or did not have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. Adequate staffing is one of the strongest predictors of good care. · from a complaint |
| Oct 4, 2023 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls. · from a complaint |
| Aug 17, 2023 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not protect residents from abuse or neglect. This covers physical, mental, and sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect, by anyone — staff, other residents, or visitors. · from a complaint |
| Aug 17, 2023 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft to the proper authorities quickly enough, or did not report the results of its investigation. · from a complaint |
| Aug 17, 2023 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide the help residents need with basic daily activities — like bathing, dressing, eating, and using the bathroom — for residents who cannot do these things on their own. · from a complaint |
Inspection trend by year
Citations from standard inspections decreased between the last two inspection cycles (8 → 2).
| Year | Citations | Serious (G–L) | Worst severity that year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | D |
| 2024 | 12 | 0 | F |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | E |
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | E |
Counts reflect the current CMS public record (~3 inspection cycles plus complaint investigations); years with no surveys show no row. Inspection frequency varies, so compare severity as well as counts.
Fines and enforcement (last 3 years)
0 fines totaling $0, plus 1 Medicare payment denial period.
| Date | Type | Amount / length |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2025 | Payment Denial | 21 days from Nov 21, 2025 |
Nurse staffing (from payroll records, adjusted for how much care residents need)
| Measure | This facility | Nebraska avg | U.S. avg | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day) | 3.15 | 4.33 | 3.95 | bottom 6% in Nebraska; bottom 19% in the U.S. |
| Registered Nurse hours | 0.35 | 0.72 | 0.69 | bottom 7% in Nebraska; bottom 15% in the U.S. |
| Weekend total nurse staffing | 2.86 | 3.79 | 3.50 | bottom 8% in Nebraska; bottom 23% in the U.S. |
| Weekend RN hours (not acuity-adjusted) | 0.28 | 0.47 | 0.48 | bottom 20% in Nebraska; bottom 27% in the U.S. |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 60.9 | 48.7 | 45.8 | bottom 27% in Nebraska; bottom 15% in the U.S. |
| RN turnover (%) | 33.3 | 44.1 | 42.9 | top 36% in Nebraska; top 33% in the U.S. |
Hours are per resident per day, case-mix adjusted by CMS so facilities caring for sicker residents can be compared fairly (same basis as the CMS staffing star). "Top X%" means better than most facilities: more staffing hours, or lower turnover. Raw (unadjusted) reported hours: total 3.57, RN 0.39, weekend 3.24. Staffing rating: 1/5.
Self-reported quality measures
Note: these ratings are based on data the facility reports about itself to CMS. They are not independently verified by inspectors, and can look better than inspection findings. Give more weight to the inspection results above.
Quality measures rating: 1/5 · long-stay residents: 2/5 · short-stay residents: 1/5
Who owns this facility
For profit - Corporation
| Owner / manager | Type | Role | Stake | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chafetz, Yisroel | Individual | Indirect Ownership Interest | NOT APPLICABLE | 11/01/2023 |
| JW Nebraska Operations, LLC | Organization | Direct Ownership Interest | NOT APPLICABLE | 11/01/2023 |
| Reisman, Adina | Individual | Indirect Ownership Interest | NOT APPLICABLE | 11/01/2023 |
| Segal, Caryn | Individual | Indirect Ownership Interest | NOT APPLICABLE | 11/01/2023 |
| Walden, Jacob | Individual | Indirect Ownership Interest | NOT APPLICABLE | 11/01/2023 |
| Bank of Oklahoma | Organization | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 05/01/2022 |
| Bank of Oklahoma | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 04/24/2025 |
| Chafetz, Yisroel | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 11/01/2023 |
| Chafetz, Yisroel | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 11/01/2023 |
| Emerald Healthcare LLC | Organization | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 05/01/2019 |
| Emerald Healthcare LLC | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 04/22/2025 |
| Evolve Therapy Services LLC | Organization | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 05/01/2019 |
| Evolve Therapy Services LLC | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 04/22/2025 |
| Fleischmann, David | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 07/01/2024 |
| Fleischmann, David | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 07/01/2024 |
| Goff, Kiley | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/15/2024 |
| Goff, Kiley | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/15/2024 |
| Gopin, Brian | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 11/01/2023 |
| Gopin, Brian | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 07/01/2024 |
| Gronenthal, Megan | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 04/19/2023 |
Questions to ask on your visit
Generated from this facility's actual citation record — bring them to a tour and ask the administrator directly.
- "Can we tour the whole building today, including resident bathrooms and common areas, not just the lobby?"
- "How do you make sure each resident's care follows the doctor's orders, and what changed after this citation?"
- "Who leads your infection prevention program, and how do you make sure staff follow practices like hand hygiene every day?"
- "Where do you post your daily staffing numbers, and can I see today's?"
- "Can we tour the resident rooms, bathrooms, and common areas today, including areas not on the usual tour route?"
- "How do you prevent bedsores for residents who can't move themselves, and how often are at-risk residents repositioned?"
- "Do you have a qualified dietician on staff, and how involved are they in each resident's nutrition plan?"
- "What did your most recent kitchen inspection find, and can I see how food is stored and prepared?"
- "What is your current ratio of nursing staff to residents on day, evening, and weekend shifts?"
- "Can I see the results and plan of correction from your most recent state inspection?"
Nearby facilities (within 20 miles)
| Facility | Distance | City | Overall | Inspection | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookestone Acres | 0.7 mi | Columbus, NE | ★★★★★ | 5/5 | |
| St. Joseph's Villa, INC. | 18.3 mi | David City, NE | ★★☆☆☆ | 2/5 | |
| Genoa Community Hospital/Ltc | 18.3 mi | Genoa, NE | ★★☆☆☆ | 3/5 | |
| Brookestone of David City | 19.0 mi | David City, NE | ★★★★★ | 5/5 |
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Facility data as of CMS processing date 2026-08-01. CCN 285092.