CCN 285163 · Dawson County, Nebraska
Hilltop Estates
2520 Avenue M, Gothenburg, NE 69138
Hilltop Estates is a 64-bed for-profit nursing home in Gothenburg, Nebraska, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1995. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 41.2 residents a day, about 64% 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
- 64
- Average residents per day
- 41.2 (64.4% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- K C Health Care Enterprises Inc
- Certified since
- Jul 2, 1995
- Chain or affiliated group
- None listed by CMS
- Location
- Rural
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 | 2 of 5 | State spread: 51 at 1, 38 at 2, 27 at 3, 27 at 4, 35 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 2 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 3 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 4 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 4.11 | 3.94 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.73 | 0.62 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.38 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 46.4% | 47.1% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 64.4% | 75.3% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 8 (Jun 16, 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). Hilltop Estates meets that part today: 2 stars overall, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| K C Health Care Enterprises IncOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | n/a | 02/15/1995 |
| Bartruff, CraigIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | n/a | 10/19/2009 |
| Family Physical Therapy & Sports CenterOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/01/2021 |
| Flatwater BankOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/1995 |
| Key Rehabilitation IncOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2024 |
| Luminate HCC LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/01/2023 |
| S. Douglas Kucera, CpaOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2005 |
| Bahe, ScottIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 03/15/1998 |
| Bartruff, CraigIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 03/15/1995 |
| Donner, TiffanyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/11/2016 |
| Osborn, ShirleyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/01/2019 |
| Stoddard, EmilyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 02/24/2025 |
| Weicker, RachelIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 08/23/2021 |
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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