CCN 285293 · Sarpy County, Nebraska
Hillcrest Country Estates-Cottages
6082 Grand Lodge Avenue, Papillion, NE 68133
Hillcrest Country Estates-Cottages is a 48-bed for-profit nursing home in Papillion, Nebraska, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 2015. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 44.4 residents a day, about 93% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $23.4 million originally, at 2.93%, with $19.9 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in April 2053.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 48
- Average residents per day
- 44.4 (92.5% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Hce-Cottages LLC
- Certified since
- Jul 1, 2015
- Chain or affiliated group
- None listed by CMS
- Location
- Urban, part of a continuing care retirement community
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 | 4 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 4 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 4.77 | 3.94 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.88 | 0.62 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 4.26 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 68.7% | 47.1% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 92.5% | 75.3% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 7 (Apr 14, 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). Hillcrest Country Estates-Cottages 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillcrest Health Systems IncOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/01/2018 |
| Aswege-Mezenberg, DebraIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/01/2023 |
| Hatcher, AnthonyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 03/01/2023 |
| Janicki, JamesIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/31/2021 |
| Mulhearn, KevinIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/31/2021 |
| Oestmann, MatthewIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/31/2021 |
| Walker, ShyannIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 08/04/2025 |
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
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 27, 2018 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Hillcrest Cottages, 138 beds. Lender at endorsement: Lancaster Pollard Mtge Co | $23,373,600 | Active: 2.93%, $19,943,108 balanceMatures Apr 1, 2053. Servicer: Lument Real Estate Capital | 10322065 |
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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