CCN 285127 · Douglas County, Nebraska
Ambassador Health of Omaha
1540 North 72ndStreet, Omaha, NE 68114
Ambassador Health of Omaha is a 146-bed for-profit nursing home in Omaha, Nebraska, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1993. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 77.9 residents a day, about 53% of its certified beds. We found no FHA-insured Section 232 loan for it in HUD's healthcare endorsement database (fiscal 2001 onward).
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 146
- Average residents per day
- 77.9 (53.4% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- The Ambassador Omaha Inc
- Certified since
- Jan 29, 1993
- Chain or affiliated group
- Ambassador Health (4 facilities, chain average 4.0 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 | 5 of 5 | State spread: 51 at 1, 38 at 2, 27 at 3, 27 at 4, 35 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 4 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 4 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 6.66 | 3.94 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 2.19 | 0.62 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 6.03 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 28.3% | 47.1% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 53.4% | 75.3% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 3 (Jul 10, 2025) | ||
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). Ambassador Health of Omaha meets that part today: 5 stars overall, 4 on health inspections, no abuse icon. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| First National Bank OmahaOrganization | Mortgage Interest | n/a | 01/30/2018 |
| The Ambassador Group IncOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 02/09/1981 |
| Bleach, JakeIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 03/05/2018 |
| Rhoads, EliIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2024 |
| Shanholtz, BrentIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2013 |
| Shehan, JohnIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2024 |
| Stern, PollyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2016 |
| Wester, RebeccaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2024 |
Holders of a 5% or greater mortgage interest reported in the enrollment record: First National Bank Omaha.
Changes of ownership
No change of ownership for this facility appears in the CMS change-of-ownership file, which starts in January 2016.
HUD Section 232 loans
No FHA-insured loan matching this facility appears in HUD's database of healthcare endorsements, which covers fiscal 2001 onward (HUD data run of July 8, 2026). A loan could still exist under a different project name or from before 2001.
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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