CCN 285049 · Lancaster County, Nebraska
Emerald Nursing & Rehab Brookside LLC
4735 South 54th Street, Lincoln, NE 68516
Emerald Nursing & Rehab Brookside LLC is a 173-bed for-profit nursing home in Lincoln, Nebraska, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1975. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 94.2 residents a day, about 55% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $20.6 million originally, at 5.78%, with $20.2 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in April 2059.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 173
- Average residents per day
- 94.2 (54.5% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Emerald Nursing & Rehab Brookside LLC
- Certified since
- Jan 3, 1975
- Chain or affiliated group
- Emerald Healthcare (14 facilities, chain average 1.3 stars)
- Location
- Urban
Ratings and staffing
Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.
| Measure | This facility | Nebraska median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 1 of 5 | State spread: 51 at 1, 38 at 2, 27 at 3, 27 at 4, 35 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 1 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 1 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 1 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.23 | 3.94 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.38 | 0.62 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 2.98 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 62.8% | 47.1% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 54.5% | 75.3% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 3 totaling $37,998 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 12 (Feb 11, 2026) | ||
HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part
HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). Emerald Nursing & Rehab Brookside LLC does not meet it today: overall rating 1, health inspection rating 1. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.
Who owns and operates it
These are the owners and operators the facility reported to CMS: anyone with a 5% or greater direct or indirect stake, and any organization with operational or managerial control.
| Name | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emerald Healthcare LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/29/2022 |
| Evolve Therapy Services LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/29/2022 |
| Keybank National AssociationOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/29/2022 |
| Limestone Fiscal Services LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/01/2024 |
| Saul N Friedman & CompanyOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/29/2022 |
| Wellsky CorporationOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/01/2023 |
| Zimmet Healthcare Services Group LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/29/2022 |
| Chafetz, YisroelIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/29/2022 |
| Fish, AmyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 08/01/2024 |
| Fleischmann, DavidIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/22/2022 |
| Gopin, BrianIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/22/2022 |
| Molt, MelindaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/29/2022 |
| Pearson, PaigeIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/22/2024 |
| Sattar, ArifIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/29/2022 |
Changes of ownership
| Effective | Buyer | Seller |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2022 | Emerald Nursing & Rehab Brookside LLC | Homestead SNF Operations LLC |
HUD Section 232 loans
HUD's Office of Healthcare Programs lists these FHA-insured loans for a project we matched to this facility by name, city and bed count. Status, rate and balance come from HUD's insured-mortgage files as of September 30, 2026. Check the FHA number against the loan documents before relying on the match.
| Endorsed | Program | Original amount | Status | FHA number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 2024 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Emerald Nursing & Rehab Brookside, 171 beds. Lender at endorsement: Keybank National Association | $20,632,000 | Active: 5.78%, $20,159,159 balanceMatures Apr 1, 2059. Servicer: Keybank National Association | 10322081 |
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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