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Jefferson Community Health & Life

Jefferson Community Health & Life in Fairbury, NE. CMS-certified hospital reporting Medicare claims under the Hospital Price Transparency Rule.

Not rated
CMS overall rating
1 of 93
CMS hospitals in NE
Critical Access Hospitals
Facility type
Not indexed
Price transparency MRF

P O BOX 277, 2200 H ST, Fairbury, NE 68352

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Hospital Quality Scorecard

One composite verdict from 2 of 4 CMS Hospital Compare datasets, each benchmarked against every hospital nationally. Missing datasets are excluded, not counted against the score.

B+
75/100
CMS Star Rating
N/A
N/A

Not rated by CMS

Mortality Outcomes
B+
0 better / 0 worse

CMS mortality measures vs. the national rate (1 measures reported)

Patient Safety
N/A
N/A

No CMS patient-safety measures reported for this facility

Readmission Rates
B+
0 better / 0 worse

CMS readmission measures vs. the national rate (3 measures reported)

Source: CMS Hospital Compare (star rating + mortality/safety/readmission outcome measures). Benchmarks are national p10-p90 percentiles across every hospital with a reported value for each measure, computed 2026-05-15. Not a clinical recommendation.

CMS hospital plate

Facility 281319 · NE unrated

STAR-UNRATED · RANK-UNK · SOLO-SHEET · MRF-PENDING · NP-OWN · TYPE-CAH · ER-ON · QUAL-PAR

  • STAR-UNRATED No CMS star
  • RANK-UNK Rank unknown
  • SOLO-SHEET No peer gap
  • MRF-PENDING MRF not indexed
  • NP-OWN Voluntary non-profit - Pri…
  • TYPE-CAH Critical Access Hospitals
  • ER-ON ER reported
  • QUAL-PAR 4 same-as-avg

Instrument codes from this facility’s CMS Hospital Compare sheet: star band, peer rank, photo-finish gap, MRF disclosure, ownership, type, ER line, and quality-measure posture. Not a placement score.

CMS reporting cohort

CMS has not published an overall star rating for Jefferson Community Health & Life. Within NE, it is 1 of 93 CMS-reporting hospitals -- 38 of them are voluntary non-profit - private facilities like this one, and 62 are critical access hospitals.

93
CMS-reporting hospitals in NE
38
Voluntary non-profit - Private facilities in NE
62
Critical Access Hospitals facilities in NE

No overall CMS star rating means the facility is typically new to reporting, specialty-focused, or below the case-volume reporting threshold. Cohort counts are drawn from the same CMS Care Compare hospital dataset.

Jefferson Community Health & Life tracks near national average on CMS measure cells

Most published measure cells sit at national average (4 same-as-avg · 0 above · 0 below). This is a PAR sheet, not a star-rating substitute.

0
Above avg cells
4
Same-as-avg cells
0
Below avg cells
Mortality
1 same as avg
Patient Safety
No data
Readmission
3 same as avg

Cell counts are CMS Hospital Compare measure-group tallies (above / same / below national average), not a composite grade or clinical verdict.

Price transparency data not indexed yet

Under the Hospital Price Transparency Rule (effective Jan 2021), hospitals must publish machine-readable files with standard charges including cash/self-pay rates. PlainProcedure has not indexed an MRF for this facility yet; see hospital price transparency or the transparency notes.

Contact

(402) 729-3351

P O BOX 277, 2200 H ST, Fairbury, NE 68352

What to do with this hospital profile

Jefferson Community Health & Life tracks near national average on CMS measure cells. Compare NE facilities and Medicare procedure costs next.

  • Statewide average Medicare allowed amounts, provider counts, and hospital totals for NE. NE profile
  • Browse all 93 CMS-reporting hospitals in NE. Hospitals list
  • How federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule disclosures map to PlainProcedure when no MRF is indexed yet. Transparency guide
  • How CMS star ratings, quality measure bands, and peer ranks are sourced and compared. Methodology

CMS quality stars and Medicare averages describe reporting cohorts, not clinical advice or a price quote for your visit.

Nationwide hospitals with similar CMS profiles

Care Compare-derived peer sets for Jefferson Community Health & Life, all outside NE so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the same-state hospital list stays local).

Similar Critical Access Hospitals peers

Nearest same facility-type hospitals outside NE.

Similar mortality/safety/readmission shape

Nearest hospitals outside NE by CMS above/same/below cell totals (0/4/0 here · QUAL-PAR). Distinct from star-rating and facility-type peers.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Jefferson Community Health & Life have a published CMS overall star rating?

CMS has not published an overall star rating for Jefferson Community Health & Life. It is 1 of 93 CMS-reporting hospitals in NE, including 62 other critical access hospitals facilities.

What type of hospital is Jefferson Community Health & Life?

Jefferson Community Health & Life is a critical access hospitals, voluntary non-profit - private ownership, located in Fairbury, NE.

Does Jefferson Community Health & Life publish machine-readable price data?

Jefferson Community Health & Life does not currently have indexed machine-readable price-transparency data on this site; estimated commercial and cash prices above are derived from procedure-level CMS/RAND benchmarks, not this facility's own file.