# Heartland Ridge Care Center Heartland Ridge Care Center is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified nursing home (Nursing home · SNF / NF) in Lincoln, NE, CMS Certification Number 285299, with 47 certified beds and about 26 residents per day. CMS rates it 3/5 overall (health inspections 2/5, staffing 4/5, quality measures 5/5). ## Key facts - Status: Active CMS certification - Address: 5431 South 16th Street, Lincoln, NE 68512 (Lancaster County) - Ownership type: For profit - Limited Liability company - Operator (legal business name): not published - CMS chain: not part of a CMS-reported chain - Phone: 5317393200 - Medicare Care Compare: https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/details/nursing-home/285299 ## Inspection record 7 inspections in the CMS window (latest 2025-05-22); 39 citations (21 health, 18 fire safety); 0 at actual harm and 0 at immediate jeopardy; 0 without a verified correction at last report. CMS publishes about the three most recent standard surveys plus complaint and infection-control inspections from the prior three years; no citation in that window is not proof of a clean history. - 2025-05-22 — [K-0211](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-k0211) Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency. — scope/severity D (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected - 2025-05-22 — [K-0920](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-k0920) Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords. — scope/severity E (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected - 2025-05-22 — [K-0923](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-k0923) Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas. — scope/severity E (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected - 2025-05-22 — [F-0628](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-f0628) Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies. — scope/severity D (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected - 2025-05-22 — [F-0641](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-f0641) Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. — scope/severity D (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected - 2025-05-22 — [F-0695](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-f0695) Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. — scope/severity D (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected - 2025-05-22 — [F-0698](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-f0698) Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. — scope/severity D (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected - 2025-05-22 — [F-0759](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-f0759) Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. — scope/severity D (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected - 2025-05-22 — [F-0812](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-f0812) Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. — scope/severity F (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected - 2025-05-22 — [F-0880](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-f0880) Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. — scope/severity E (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected - 2025-05-22 — [F-0908](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-f0908) Keep all essential equipment working safely. — scope/severity E (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected - 2024-06-13 — [K-0211](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-k0211) Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency. — scope/severity D (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Waiver granted - 2024-06-13 — [K-0321](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-k0321) Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system. — scope/severity F (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected - 2024-06-13 — [K-0324](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-k0324) Provide properly protected cooking facilities. — scope/severity F (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected - 2024-06-13 — [K-0353](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-k0353) Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. — scope/severity E (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected - 2024-06-13 — [K-0500](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-k0500) Meet other general requirements that are deficient. — scope/severity E (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected - 2024-06-13 — [F-0623](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-f0623) Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. — scope/severity D (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected - 2024-06-13 — [F-0625](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-f0625) Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave. — scope/severity D (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected - 2024-06-13 — [F-0726](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-f0726) Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being. — scope/severity F (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected - 2024-06-13 — [F-0801](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-f0801) Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician. — scope/severity F (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected - …and 19 more on the source page. ## Penalties No fines or payment denials in the CMS penalties file (about the last three years). ## Staffing (PBJ, hours per resident per day) - Total nurse: 4.96822 (state avg 4.12348, US 3.90085) - RN: 1.46371 - Nursing staff turnover: 79.2% ## Nearby nursing homes - [Eventide Williamsburg](https://carefield.site/facility/cms-285288) — 2.5 km, CMS overall 5/5 - [Emerald Nursing & Rehab Lancaster LLC](https://carefield.site/facility/cms-285275) — 3.8 km, CMS overall not rated - [Sumner Place](https://carefield.site/facility/cms-285002) — 4.1 km, CMS overall 4/5 - [Emerald Nursing & Rehab Brookside LLC](https://carefield.site/facility/cms-285049) — 4.5 km, CMS overall 1/5 - [Ambassador Health of Lincoln](https://carefield.site/facility/cms-285066) — 4.9 km, CMS overall 3/5 - [St. Jane De Chantal](https://carefield.site/facility/cms-285004) — 5.5 km, CMS overall 4/5 - [Holmes Lake Rehabilitation & Care Center](https://carefield.site/facility/cms-285164) — 6.2 km, CMS overall 2/5 - [Eventide Lincoln Care Center](https://carefield.site/facility/cms-285057) — 6.5 km, CMS overall 1/5 ## Sources - cms_provider_info: https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/api/1/datastore/query/4pq5-n9py/0?conditions%5B0%5D%5Bproperty%5D=cms_certification_number_ccn&conditions%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D=285299&conditions%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=%3D - cms_ownership: https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/api/1/datastore/query/y2hd-n93e/0?conditions%5B0%5D%5Bproperty%5D=cms_certification_number_ccn&conditions%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D=285299&conditions%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=%3D - cms_health_deficiencies: https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/api/1/datastore/query/r5ix-sfxw/0?conditions%5B0%5D%5Bproperty%5D=cms_certification_number_ccn&conditions%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D=285299&conditions%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=%3D - cms_fire_safety_deficiencies: https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/api/1/datastore/query/ifjz-ge4w/0?conditions%5B0%5D%5Bproperty%5D=cms_certification_number_ccn&conditions%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D=285299&conditions%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=%3D - cms_penalties: https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/api/1/datastore/query/g6vv-u9sr/0?conditions%5B0%5D%5Bproperty%5D=cms_certification_number_ccn&conditions%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D=285299&conditions%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=%3D - cms_inspection_dates: https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/api/1/datastore/query/svdt-c123/0?conditions%5B0%5D%5Bproperty%5D=cms_certification_number_ccn&conditions%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D=285299&conditions%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=%3D --- Source page: https://carefield.site/facility/cms-285299 · Carefield — Senior Care Intelligence. Facts come from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (Medicare/Medicaid-certified nursing homes). Missing data never means no issue exists.