Managed Care · NE
Nebraska
High opportunity · score 59
MA penetration is well below average — strong room for managed-care contracts.
State MA penetration
34.3%
National rank #42 · National avg 47.8%
-13.5 pp vs national
134,030
MA beneficiaries (rolled up)
390,765
Medicare eligibles
93
Counties indexed
179
SNFs in state
MA beneficiaries · 2016–2022
YoY change: +158.3%
SNF utilization rate (MA enrollees)
Share of MA beneficiaries with a SNF stay each year (CMS MA GV PUF).
Most saturated counties
- 45.4%Douglas45,342 of 99,863 eligibles
- 44.3%Dakota1,630 of 3,677 eligibles
- 41.3%Dixon515 of 1,246 eligibles
- 40.9%Washington1,987 of 4,860 eligibles
- 39.8%Hall4,533 of 11,400 eligibles
- 38.4%Madison2,971 of 7,730 eligibles
- 38.2%Sarpy12,301 of 32,169 eligibles
- 36.9%Dodge3,151 of 8,532 eligibles
- 35.6%Cass2,157 of 6,052 eligibles
- 35.4%Boone514 of 1,454 eligibles
Highest opportunity counties
- 1.7%Cherry1,328 eligibles · 23 enrolled
- 5.5%Hooker255 eligibles · 14 enrolled
- 5.8%Chase928 eligibles · 54 enrolled
- 6.8%Keya Paha279 eligibles · 19 enrolled
- 7.3%Hayes206 eligibles · 15 enrolled
- 7.5%Logan174 eligibles · 13 enrolled
- 7.9%Red Willow2,669 eligibles · 210 enrolled
- 7.9%Brown771 eligibles · 61 enrolled
- 9.8%Banner287 eligibles · 28 enrolled
- 9.9%Deuel578 eligibles · 57 enrolled
Top MA payers in Nebraska
134,430 total MA enrolled- 1UNITEDHEALTHCARE OF THE MIDLANDS, INC.35,27826.2%
- 2SAPPHIRE EDGE, INC.28,35021.1%
- 3AETNA HEALTH INC. (PA)9,1126.8%
- 4MEDICA HEALTH PLANS8,6586.4%
- 5HUMANA INSURANCE COMPANY8,5766.4%
- 6SIERRA HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.6,6014.9%
- 7CARE IMPROVEMENT PLUS SOUTH CENTRAL INSURANCE CO.6,1344.6%
- 8UNITEDHEALTHCARE OF WISCONSIN, INC.5,8534.3%
- 9NEBRASKA TOTAL CARE, INC.5,5134.1%
- 10CHA HMO, INC.5,4104.0%
- 11COVENTRY HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY5,1133.8%
- 12MEDICA INSURANCE COMPANY3,6672.7%
- 13DEVOTED HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEBRASKA2,4701.8%
- 14AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY1,0260.8%
- 15HIGHMARK SENIOR HEALTH COMPANY9530.7%
Top-rated SNFs in Nebraska
179 total- St. Jane de ChantalLincoln, NE · Lancaster County · 103 beds5★
- Rose Blumkin Jewish HomeOmaha, NE · Douglas County · 105 beds5★
- Newport HouseOmaha, NE · Douglas County · 96 beds5★
- Heritage EstatesGering, NE · Scott Bluff County · 102 beds5★
- Sumner PlaceLincoln, NE · Lancaster County · 104 beds5★
- Brookestone of David CityDavid City, NE · Butler County · 86 beds5★
- York General HearthstoneYork, NE · York County · 127 beds5★
- Dunklau GardensFremont, NE · Dodge County · 106 beds5★
- Gold Crest Retirement CenterAdams, NE · Gage County · 52 beds5★
- Highland Park Care CenterAlliance, NE · Box Butte County · 60 beds5★
Source: CMS MA State/County Penetration (Aug 2025). Secondary metrics from CMS Medicare Advantage Geographic Variation PUF (2016–2022). Penetration is computed by rolling up county-level CMS-published MA enrolled / Medicare eligibles. Trend chart spans 2016–2022.