Home Health Agency: Chadron Hospital
A home health agency in Chadron, Nebraska 69337
160 Chadron Ave., Chadron, Nebraska 69337. (308) 432-5521.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 21, 2026.
- 3.5of 5 quality of patient care rating
- Not rated patient survey rating
- 1 deficiencies cited in the last three years
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean3
- Star ratings
- CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
The last inspection on record was on Jan 25, 2024: a recertification inspection.
1 deficiency cited in the last three years.
CMS, QCOR home health inspection reports. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
When those deficiencies happened
1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2024. Most serious: Standard-level. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
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Each deficiency, as cited
Rule titles as CMS’s inspectors cite them, set in sentence case.
CMS, QCOR home health inspection reports. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
Jan 25, 2024: recertification inspection1 deficiency
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Licensed Practical (Vocational) Nurse
The inspectors’ words, 333 words
“Licensed Practical (Vocational) Nurse CFR(s): 484.115(e) Standard: Licensed practical (vocational) nurse. A person who has completed a practical (vocational) nursing program, is licensed in the state where practicing, and who furnishes services under the supervision of a qualified registered nurse. This Standard is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, policy and procedure review, the observation of the provision of care, and staff interview, the agency failed to ensure 1 of 2 Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN-B) providing skilled nursing services to agency patients, maintained an active license to practice in the State of Nebraska. This had potential to affect any of the agency’s patients assigned to LPN-B. The total patient census was 32. Findings are: A. Review of the agency policy and procedure titled, Renewal of Professional Nurse License, number C10-40-001, reviewed 8/2/22, revealed: 1. Licensed staff were to provide a printed copy of their renewed license to the agency’s Human Resource Department. 2. The department Director was to verify the license renewal of licensed staff when due. B. Review of the LPN Job Description, reference number 35-9050, revised 1/13/18, revealed LPNs were to be licensed in the State of Nebraska. C. Review of LPN-B’s personnel file revealed a copy of LPN-B’s license verification form from the State of Nebraska Public Health, Licensure Unit, Certification of Licensure, with an expiration date of 10/31/2023. D. Review of the agency’s Service Report, (a report generated from the agency’s electronic medical record system), for LPN-B, dated 1/24/24 at 3:22 PM, revealed, LPN-B provided services to agency patients on 47 days from 11/1/23 through 1/23/24. E. During the observation of provision of care for Patient 1 on 1/24/24, at 1:10 PM, LPN-B was observed providing skilled nursing services. F. During an interview on 1/24/24 at 3:10 PM, LPN-B confirmed their LPN license had expired on 10/31/2023. G. During an interview on 1/24/24 at 4:00 PM, Administrator/Registered Nurse (RN) Director, confirmed LPN-B did not have a active LPN license to practice in the State of Nebraska.”
The one inspection in the last three years
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 2024 | Recertification inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
Is it certified?
- Medicare-certified home health agency since May 23, 1988.
- Ownership: proprietary (for profit).
- No For hospices, home health agencies, hospitals and dialysis facilities, CMS writes deficiencies at two levels. Standard is the usual one; condition-level is the more serious, when a problem is serious enough that the provider doesn’t meet a whole condition of taking part in Medicare. Source: CMS, State Operations Manual. deficiency on record in the last three years.
CMS, Home Health Care Agencies. Released Oct 21, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, QCOR home health inspection reports. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
Has anything been proven against it?
- CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for home health agencies, so none are shown.
- 0 deficiencies cited in the last three years came from inspections that included a complaint investigation.
CMS, QCOR home health inspection reports. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
Who does the caring?
- Offers nursing care, physical therapy, occupational therapy and medical social services.
- Doesn’t offer speech pathology and home health aide services.
- CMS doesn’t publish staffing levels for home health agencies.
CMS, Home Health Care Agencies. Released Oct 21, 2026. Updated quarterly.
Who owns it?
- Chadron Community Hospital Corp owns 100% directly since Sep 1, 1998.
- Chadron Community Hospital Corp runs it.
- 5 owners or officers are people: Sandra Summers (corporate director); Sandra Summers (managing employee (on the payroll)); Jennifer Brown (corporate officer); Jennifer Brown (managing employee (on the payroll)); Jennifer Brown (runs it (operational or managerial control)).
- No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
- No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
CMS, Home Health Agency All Owners and Home Health Agency Enrollments. Released Sep 29, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Organisation | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chadron Community Hospital Corp | Owns 5% or more directly | 100% | Sep 1, 1998 |
| Chadron Community Hospital Corp | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | 100% | Sep 1, 1998 |
How do patients fare?
- CMS rates its quality of patient care 3.5 of 5.
- CMS gives no CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.: “Fewer than 70 patients completed the survey.”
- CMS compares it with the national rate: discharged to the community, the same; potentially preventable hospital stays, the same; potentially preventable readmissions after discharge, the same.
CMS, Home Health Care Agencies and Home Health Patient Survey. Released Oct 21, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Measure | Rating |
|---|---|
| Quality of patient care ratingCMS star rating, 1 to 5 in half stars | 3.5 of 5 |
| Patient survey ratingCMS star rating from its survey of the agency’s patients, 1 to 5 | Not rated |
| Discharged to the communityCMS’s risk-adjusted rate, compared with the national rate | 75.55% (same as the national rate) |
| Potentially preventable hospital staysCMS’s risk-adjusted rate, compared with the national rate | 9.16% (same as the national rate) |
| Potentially preventable readmissions after dischargeCMS’s risk-adjusted rate, compared with the national rate | 4.78% (same as the national rate) |
How does it compare nearby?
- There aren’t enough agencies serving patients in ZIP code 69337 with a quality of patient care rating to compare.
CMS, Home Health ZIP Codes and Home Health Care Agencies. Released Oct 21, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Place | Quality rating |
|---|---|
| Home Health Agency: Chadron Hospital This home health agency | 3.5 |
What the record doesn’t say
- CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for home health agencies, so none are shown.
- Only complaints that led to a citation appear; complaints that didn’t aren’t published.
- QCOR says some of its home health reports are accurate or available only through May 19, 2021, because of a systems migration.
- Many home health agencies are inspected by a private accrediting organisation instead of the state, and QCOR’s home health file doesn’t appear to include those inspections: no inspection on record here doesn’t mean none took place.
Sources
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Home Health Care Agencies (6jpm-sxkc).
Released Oct 21, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Home Health Patient Survey (ccn4-8vby).
Released Oct 21, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, QCOR home health inspection reports (HHA_2567s_2018_to_2026YTD.xlsx).
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Home Health Agency All Owners (fc009b2d-7846-44b1-b4a1-692f0c143879).
Released Sep 29, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Home Health Agency Enrollments (15f64ab4-3172-4a27-b589-ebd67a6d28aa).
Released Sep 29, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Home Health ZIP Codes (m5eg-upu5).
Released Oct 21, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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