Best nursing homes in Tennessee
There are 303 nursing homes in Tennessee certified by Medicare. Of the 300 with a CMS star rating, the average is 3 stars. The national average is 3.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Medicare Care Compare. We refresh our information from this source. About our data
How Tennessee nursing homes are rated
| 5 stars | 56 |
|---|---|
| 4 stars | 68 |
| 3 stars | 65 |
| 2 stars | 53 |
| 1 stars | 58 |
Top-rated nursing homes in Tennessee
Sorted by CMS star rating, then name. Click a facility for inspections, staffing and quality details.
1.Abundant Christian Living Community Rehabilitation
2012 Sherwood Drive, Johnson City, TN 37601
For-profit · 103 beds
★★★★★5Much above average2.Allen Morgan Health and Rehabilitation Center
177 North Highland, Memphis, TN 38111
Non-profit · 31 beds
- CMS high performer
★★★★★5Much above average3.Asbury Place Kingsport
100 Netherland Lane, Kingsport, TN 37660
For-profit · 67 beds · Part of Infinity Healthcare Consulting
- CMS high performer
★★★★★5Much above average- ★★★★★5Much above average
5.Decatur County Healthcare
726 Kentucky Avenue S, Parsons, TN 38363
For-profit · 125 beds · Part of The Ensign Group
★★★★★5Much above average6.Diversicare of Martin
158 Mt Pelia Rd, Martin, TN 38237
For-profit · 150 beds · Part of Diversicare Healthcare
- CMS high performer
★★★★★5Much above average7.Harbert Hills Academy N H
3575 Lonesome Pine Road, Savannah, TN 38372
Non-profit · 49 beds
- CMS high performer
★★★★★5Much above average8.Heartland
3025 Fernbrook Lane, Nashville, TN 37214
For-profit · 66 beds · Part of National Healthcare Corporation
- CMS high performer
★★★★★5Much above average9.Henry County Health and Rehabilitation
239 Hospital Circle, Paris, TN 38242
For-profit · 136 beds · Part of Ahava Healthcare
★★★★★5Much above average10.Hermitage Health Center
1633 Hillview Drive, Elizabethton, TN 37643
Non-profit · 70 beds · Part of Twin Rivers Health & Rehabilitation
- CMS high performer
★★★★★5Much above average11.Holston Health & Rehabilitation Center
3916 Boyds Bridge Pike, Knoxville, TN 37914
For-profit · 94 beds · Part of National Healthcare Corporation
★★★★★5Much above average12.Ivy Hall Nursing Home
301 Watauga Ave, Elizabethton, TN 37643
For-profit · 101 beds
- CMS high performer
★★★★★5Much above average- ★★★★★5Much above average
14.Lebanon Center for Rehabilitation and Healing, LLC
731 Castle Heights Court, Lebanon, TN 37087
For-profit · 60 beds · Part of Carerite Centers
★★★★★5Much above average15.Life Care Center of Bruceton-Hollow Rock
105 Rowland, Bruceton, TN 38317
For-profit · 130 beds · Part of Life Care Centers of America
★★★★★5Much above average16.Life Care Center of Hickory Woods
4200 Murfreesboro Pike, Antioch, TN 37013
For-profit · 124 beds · Part of Life Care Centers of America
- CMS high performer
★★★★★5Much above average17.Life Care Center of Morristown
501 West Economy Road, Morristown, TN 37814
For-profit · 161 beds · Part of Life Care Centers of America
- CMS high performer
★★★★★5Much above average18.Life Care Center of Sparta
508 Mose Drive, Sparta, TN 38583
For-profit · 100 beds · Part of Life Care Centers of America
★★★★★5Much above average19.Lynchburg Nursing Center
40 Nursing Home Road, Lynchburg, TN 37352
For-profit · 88 beds · Part of Life Care Centers of America
★★★★★5Much above average20.Mountain City Care & Rehabilitation Center
919 Medical Park Drive, Mountain City, TN 37683
For-profit · 120 beds · Part of Signature Healthcare
- CMS high performer
★★★★★5Much above average21.Nhc Healthcare, Athens
1204 Frye St, Athens, TN 37303
For-profit · 86 beds · Part of National Healthcare Corporation
★★★★★5Much above average22.Nhc Healthcare, Cookeville
815 South Walnut Avenue, Cookeville, TN 38501
For-profit · 104 beds · Part of National Healthcare Corporation
- CMS high performer
★★★★★5Much above average23.Nhc Healthcare, Dickson
812 Charlotte St, Dickson, TN 37055
For-profit · 191 beds · Part of National Healthcare Corporation
★★★★★5Much above average24.Nhc Healthcare, Farragut
120 Cavett Hill Lane, Knoxville, TN 37922
For-profit · 106 beds · Part of National Healthcare Corporation
★★★★★5Much above average25.Nhc Healthcare, Johnson City
3209 Bristol Hwy, Johnson City, TN 37601
For-profit · 167 beds · Part of National Healthcare Corporation
★★★★★5Much above average26.Nhc Healthcare, Kingsport
2300 Pavilion Drive, Kingsport, TN 37660
For-profit · 90 beds · Part of National Healthcare Corporation
- CMS high performer
★★★★★5Much above average27.Nhc Healthcare, McMinnville
928 Old Smithville Rd PO Box 528, McMinnville, TN 37110
For-profit · 115 beds · Part of National Healthcare Corporation
★★★★★5Much above average28.Nhc Healthcare, Murfreesboro
420 N University St, Murfreesboro, TN 37130
For-profit · 181 beds · Part of National Healthcare Corporation
- CMS high performer
★★★★★5Much above average29.Nhc Healthcare, Scott
2380 Buffalo Road, Lawrenceburg, TN 38464
For-profit · 49 beds · Part of National Healthcare Corporation
- CMS high performer
★★★★★5Much above average30.Nhc Healthcare, Sequatchie
360 Dell Trail PO Box 878, Dunlap, TN 37327
For-profit · 110 beds · Part of National Healthcare Corporation
★★★★★5Much above average
Nursing Homes by city in Tennessee
- Adamsville (1 · 4★)
- Alamo (1 · 4★)
- Andersonville (1 · 3★)
- Antioch (2 · 3.5★)
- Ardmore (1 · 4★)
- Ashland City (2 · 2★)
- Athens (2 · 3.5★)
- Bartlett (3 · 1.7★)
- Bells (1 · 3★)
- Blountville (2 · 2.5★)
- Bolivar (2 · 5★)
- Brentwood (1 · 3★)
- Brownsville (1 · 3★)
- Bruceton (1 · 5★)
- Byrdstown (1 · 4★)
- Camden (1 · 1★)
- Carthage (1 · 5★)
- Celina (1 · 4★)
- Centerville (1 · 4★)
- Chattanooga (6 · 3.2★)
- Chuckey (1 · 4★)
- Church Hill (1)
- Clarksville (5 · 2.6★)
- Cleveland (4 · 2★)
- Clinton (1 · 4★)
- Collegedale (1 · 4★)
- Collierville (2 · 2.5★)
- Columbia (4 · 3.8★)
- Cookeville (3 · 2.7★)
- Copperhill (1 · 3★)
- Cordova (3 · 3★)
- Covington (2 · 2.5★)
- Crossville (3 · 3.3★)
- Dandridge (1 · 3★)
- Dayton (2 · 4★)
- Decatur (1 · 3★)
- Decaturville (1 · 4★)
- Dickson (2 · 3★)
- Dover (1 · 3★)
- Dresden (2 · 2.5★)
- Dunlap (1 · 5★)
- Dyer (1 · 4★)
- Dyersburg (3 · 3.7★)
- Elizabethton (5 · 4.4★)
- Erin (1 · 1★)
- Erwin (3 · 3★)
- Etowah (2 · 3★)
- Fayetteville (2 · 3.5★)
- Franklin (4 · 2.3★)
- Gainesboro (1 · 3★)
- Gallatin (3 · 3.7★)
- Gallaway (1 · 1★)
- Germantown (1 · 3★)
- Goodlettsville (2 · 3★)
- Gray (1 · 1★)
- Greeneville (3 · 2.7★)
- Harriman (1 · 2★)
- Harrogate (1 · 1★)
- Hartsville (1 · 1★)
- Henderson (1 · 1★)
- Hendersonville (1 · 3★)
- Hermitage (1 · 1★)
- Hixson (1 · 1★)
- Hohenwald (1 · 1★)
- Humboldt (2 · 3.5★)
- Huntingdon (1 · 3★)
- Huntsville (1 · 2★)
- Jackson (6 · 2.3★)
- Jamestown (1 · 2★)
- Jefferson City (2 · 3★)
- Jellico (1 · 1★)
- Johnson City (6 · 4★)
- Jonesborough (1 · 4★)
- Kingsport (5 · 2.8★)
- Knoxville (13 · 3.2★)
- Lafayette (1 · 1★)
- Lafollette (2 · 4★)
- Lawrenceburg (3 · 4★)
- Lebanon (3 · 3.7★)
- Lewisburg (2 · 3.5★)
- Lexington (2 · 1.5★)
- Linden (1 · 3★)
- Livingston (1 · 4★)
- Loudon (1 · 2★)
- Louisville (1 · 3★)
- Lynchburg (1 · 5★)
- Madison (1 · 4★)
- Madisonville (1 · 3★)
- Manchester (2 · 3★)
- Martin (2 · 4★)
- Maryville (5 · 3★)
- Maynardville (1 · 2★)
- Mc Kenzie (2 · 3★)
- McMinnville (2 · 3.5★)
- Medina (1 · 1★)
- Memphis (15 · 2.6★)
- Milan (1 · 4★)
- Millington (1 · 2★)
- Monteagle (1 · 3★)
- Monterey (1 · 5★)
- Morristown (2 · 4★)
- Mount Juliet (1 · 1★)
- Mount Pleasant (1 · 3★)
- Mountain City (1 · 5★)
- Murfreesboro (6 · 3★)
- Nashville (12 · 3.5★)
- New Tazewell (1 · 2★)
- Newport (2 · 3.5★)
- Oak Ridge (2 · 2.5★)
- Old Hickory (1 · 3★)
- Oneida (1 · 1★)
- Ooltewah (1 · 4★)
- Paris (2 · 4.5★)
- Parsons (1 · 5★)
- Pigeon Forge (1 · 1★)
- Pikeville (1 · 4★)
- Pleasant Hill (1 · 1★)
- Portland (1 · 1★)
- Pulaski (2 · 3.5★)
- Puryear (1 · 2★)
- Red Boiling Springs (1 · 3★)
- Ridgely (1 · 3★)
- Ripley (2 · 2★)
- Roan Mountain (1 · 5★)
- Rockwood (1 · 5★)
- Rocky Top (1 · 1★)
- Rogersville (1 · 5★)
- Rutledge (1 · 4★)
- Savannah (5 · 3.8★)
- Selmer (1 · 4★)
- Sevierville (1 · 4★)
- Shelbyville (1 · 4★)
- Signal Mountain (1 · 1★)
- Smithville (1 · 3★)
- Smyrna (2 · 1★)
- Sneedville (1 · 4★)
- Soddy-Daisy (1 · 3★)
- Somerville (1 · 5★)
- South Pittsburg (1 · 3★)
- Sparta (2 · 4★)
- Spencer (1 · 3★)
- Spring City (1 · 4★)
- Spring Hill (1 · 5★)
- Springfield (2 · 1.5★)
- Sweetwater (2 · 3★)
- Tazewell (1 · 3★)
- Tiptonville (1 · 2★)
- Trenton (1 · 5★)
- Tullahoma (2 · 2.5★)
- Union City (3 · 2.7★)
- Wartburg (1 · 2★)
- Waverly (2 · 1.5★)
- Waynesboro (1 · 2★)
- Westmoreland (1 · 3★)
- White House (1 · 5★)
- White Pine (1 · 4★)
- Whites Creek (1 · 3★)
- Winchester (3 · 1.7★)
- Woodbury (1 · 3★)
Nursing Homes by county in Tennessee
- Anderson County (5)
- Bedford County (1)
- Benton County (1)
- Bledsoe County (1)
- Blount County (6)
- Bradley County (4)
- Campbell County (3)
- Cannon County (1)
- Carroll County (4)
- Carter County (6)
- Cheatham County (2)
- Chester County (1)
- Claiborne County (3)
- Clay County (1)
- Cocke County (2)
- Coffee County (4)
- Crockett County (2)
- Cumberland County (4)
- Davidson County (20)
- De Kalb County (1)
- Decatur County (2)
- Dickson County (2)
- Dyer County (3)
- Fayette County (2)
- Fentress County (1)
- Franklin County (3)
- Gibson County (6)
- Giles County (3)
- Grainger County (1)
- Greene County (4)
- Grundy County (1)
- Hamblen County (2)
- Hamilton County (11)
- Hancock County (1)
- Hardeman County (2)
- Hardin County (5)
- Hawkins County (2)
- Haywood County (1)
- Henderson County (2)
- Henry County (3)
- Hickman County (1)
- Houston County (1)
- Humphreys County (2)
- Jackson County (1)
- Jefferson County (4)
- Johnson County (1)
- Knox County (13)
- Lake County (2)
- Lauderdale County (2)
- Lawrence County (3)
- Lewis County (1)
- Lincoln County (2)
- Loudon County (1)
- Macon County (2)
- Madison County (6)
- Marion County (1)
- Marshall County (2)
- Maury County (6)
- Mc Minn County (4)
- Mc Nairy County (2)
- Meigs County (1)
- Monroe County (3)
- Montgomery County (5)
- Moore County (1)
- Morgan County (1)
- Obion County (3)
- Overton County (1)
- Perry County (1)
- Pickett County (1)
- Polk County (1)
- Putnam County (4)
- Rhea County (3)
- Roane County (2)
- Robertson County (3)
- Rutherford County (8)
- Scott County (2)
- Sequatchie County (1)
- Sevier County (2)
- Shelby County (25)
- Smith County (1)
- Stewart County (1)
- Sullivan County (7)
- Sumner County (6)
- Tipton County (2)
- Trousdale County (1)
- Unicoi County (3)
- Union County (1)
- Van Buren County (1)
- Warren County (2)
- Washington County (8)
- Wayne County (1)
- Weakley County (4)
- White County (2)
- Williamson County (5)
- Wilson County (4)
Frequently asked questions
How many nursing homes are in Tennessee?
There are 303 Medicare-certified nursing homes in Tennessee, across 159 cities and towns.
What is the average rating of nursing homes in Tennessee?
The average CMS overall star rating for Tennessee is 3 stars, compared with 3 nationally. 56 nursing homes in Tennessee have 5 stars and 58 have 1 star.
What is the highest-rated nursing home in Tennessee?
30 nursing homes share the top rating of 5 stars, including Abundant Christian Living Community Rehabilitation in Johnson City. Ratings change as new inspection and quality data arrive.
Helpful resources
- How to choose a nursing home: a practical checklist
- Nursing home star ratings explained
- How to read nursing home inspection citations
- Does Medicare pay for a nursing home?
- Nursing homes with the most federal fines
- Best-staffed nursing homes in the U.S.
- Nursing homes with the lowest staff turnover
- Special Focus Facility nursing homes (list)