Nebraska Medicine
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| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Healthcare |
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| Founded | 1997, in Omaha, Nebraska, United States |
Number of locations | 2 hospitals, 70 specialty and primary care clinics |
Areas served | Nebraska, primarily Omaha and Bellevue |
Key people | Michael Ash (CEO) Lance Fritz (chairman) |
| Services | Health care |
Number of employees | 8,500+ (2025) |
| Website | nebraskamed |
Nebraska Medicine (formerly the Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Health System) is a private not-for-profit American healthcare company based in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. The company was created as Nebraska Health System (NHS) in 1997, when Bishop Clarkson Hospital merged with the adjacent University Hospital in midtown Omaha. Renamed the Nebraska Medical Center in 2003, in 2014 the company merged with UNMC Physicians and Bellevue Medical Center to become Nebraska Medicine. The company has full ownership of two hospitals and 70 specialty and primary care clinics in and around Omaha. Nebraska Medicine's main campus, Nebraska Medical Center, has 718 beds, while its Bellevue Medical Center campus has 91 beds.
The company operates the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit, one of 13 Level 1 Regional Special Pathogen Treatment Centers in the United States, and is particularly recognized for programs in fields such as organ transplantation, cancer treatment, gastroenterology, neurology, neurosurgery, COPD, heart bypass surgery, heart failure treatment, and hip replacement. Nebraska Medical Center has been ranked as the No. 1 hospital in Nebraska and in Omaha by U.S. News & World Report every year since 2012, The publication also ranked Nebraska Medicine's oncology, gastroenterology and G.I. surgery programs in the top 50 nationwide in 2024. Nebraska Medicine operates as an independent clinical partner of the University of Nebraska Medical Center.