Nhc Healthcare, Cookeville
815 South Walnut Avenue, Cookeville, TN, 38501
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Official records from CMS Care Compare — reported by the facility and audited by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. We present them unmodified. Refreshed June 2026.
CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation · Chain: National Healthcare Corporation
- Certified beds
- 104 · avg 98 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 41.3% — lower than most Tennessee nursing homesTennessee avg: 48.7% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 18.2% — lower than most Tennessee nursing homesTennessee avg: 43.0% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 0 departed — near the Tennessee averageTennessee avg: 0.6 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 445110
- Certified beds
- 104 beds · avg 98 residents/day
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Continuing-care community
- Yes
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- National Health Corporation
- Chain affiliation
- National Healthcare Corporation
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the National Healthcare Corporation chain — 68 facilities across 8 states. Chain-wide average overall rating 4.0 / 5.
Parent entity
National Health Corp Leveraged Employee Stock Ownership Trust
Disclosed owners (13 on record)
- Nicholas j Dieringer
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Jeremy Stoner
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Tennessee Healthcare Advisors, Llc
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Robert Marshall Ussery
Operational/managerial Control · since 2025
- Vicki l Dodson
Operational/managerial Control · since 2019
- Brian Kidd
Corporate Officer · since 2019
+ 7 additional owners on the federal record.
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Chain Performance Measures, as of May 2026.
Federal inspection record
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 6 of 6)
- D0812·Feb 12, 2025
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- D0656·Feb 12, 2025
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- D0644·Feb 12, 2025
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
- D0880·Feb 5, 2020
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- F0812·Feb 6, 2019
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- D0756·Feb 6, 2019
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Fire-safety citations
4 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Feb 5, 2020. Fire-safety inspections cover building-level Life Safety Code compliance, separate from the resident-care health survey.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Health Deficiencies, Fire Safety Deficiencies, and Penalties datasets, snapshot Jun 1, 2026.
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