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Heritage Care Center, Fairbury, NE: 3 star rating, no fines
Heritage Care Center in Fairbury, NE is owned by Vetter Senior Living, is rated 3 of 5 stars by Medicare, and had no fines in the three years to October 1, 2026. CMS lists 9 health citations from inspections in that time, the latest survey on August 5, 2025, and none of them found actual harm or immediate jeopardy.
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- Address
- 909 17th Street, Fairbury, NE 68352
- Overall rating
- 3 of 5 stars
- Health inspection rating
- 3 of 5
- Staffing rating
- 3 of 5
- Quality measure rating
- 4 of 5
- Certified beds
- 100
- Residents per day
- 46 on average
- Ownership type
- Nonprofit, corporation
- Legal business name
- VSL Fairbury LLC
- Chain
- Vetter Senior Living, 22 facilities
- Fines
- $0 across 0 fines, three years to October 1, 2026
- Payment denials
- 0
- Health citations
- 9, of which 0 with actual harm or immediate jeopardy
- Latest survey
- August 5, 2025
- CMS Certification Number
- 285262
- On Care Compare
- Medicare Care Compare
Recent health citations
Citations from health inspections, newest first.
| Survey date | Tag | What CMS cited | Scope and severity | Status | Corrected on | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 5, 2025 | F689 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | E: pattern, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm | Corrected | August 29, 2025 | data.cms.gov |
| June 17, 2025 | F908 | Keep all essential equipment working safely. | F: widespread, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm | Corrected | July 25, 2025 | data.cms.gov |
| June 17, 2025 | F812 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | F: widespread, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm | Corrected | July 25, 2025 | data.cms.gov |
| June 17, 2025 | F760 | Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm | Corrected | July 25, 2025 | data.cms.gov |
| June 17, 2025 | F759 | Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. | D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm | Corrected | July 25, 2025 | data.cms.gov |
| February 19, 2025 | F757 | Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. | D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm | Corrected | March 7, 2025 | data.cms.gov |
| February 19, 2025 | F580 | Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. | E: pattern, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm | Corrected | March 7, 2025 | data.cms.gov |
| May 2, 2024 | F880 | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm | Corrected | May 24, 2024 | data.cms.gov |
| May 2, 2024 | F826 | Provide specialized rehabilitative services by qualified personnel, when ordered for a resident by a doctor. | D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm | Corrected | May 24, 2024 | data.cms.gov |
Owners and managers
Organizations CMS lists as owners or managers of this facility, as CMS names them. CMS also lists 16 individual or personal trusts (12 managers, 4 officers, directors or trustees). Their names are not shown on this page.
| Organization | Role | Share | Since | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vetter Senior Living | Direct owner | 100% | December 23, 2016 | data.cms.gov |
| Vetter Senior Living | Operational or managerial control | Not listed | December 23, 2016 | data.cms.gov |
| VSL Vetter Health Services LLC | Operational or managerial control | Not listed | July 1, 2017 | data.cms.gov |
Also on SpecStream
- All nursing homes in Nebraska
- Every nursing home Vetter Senior Living owns or manages
- Every nursing home VSL Vetter Health Services LLC owns or manages
- This facility on Medicare Care Compare
Updated November 7, 2026. Read from CMS Provider Data Catalog, nursing homes. Open data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (US government work). Fines and citations are as CMS lists them on the date this page was read and can change after an appeal. The CMS files are joined on the CMS Certification Number. CMS gives owners no ID, so an owner page groups facilities by the owner name as CMS spells it. Names of individual owners and managers are not shown. This page uses CMS data and is not endorsed or certified by CMS. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.