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Nursing Homes · Medicare certified

NHC Healthcare, Cookeville

815 South Walnut Avenue · Cookeville, TN 38501 · 104 certified beds

9315285516

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NPI 1174559462. Look this up in the CMS NPPES registry (opens in a new tab)

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About NHC Healthcare, Cookeville

NHC Healthcare, Cookeville is a nursing home in Cookeville, Tennessee. Its reported capacity is 104 beds. It is recorded as a for-profit operator, part of National Healthcare Corporation. Federal records list it as Medicare certified. Our copy of the inspection record holds 6 citations, the newest dated 12 February 2025. No fine or payment denial is on record against it. Staffing reports put it at 4.09 nurse hours per resident per day. Every fact above comes from the public records listed in the sources section on this page. The newest source file we hold for this listing is dated August 2026.

Public record

CMS Care Compare · Source data August 2026

Certification

  • Medicare-certified (CMS Certification Number on file)

Ratings

5.0(CMS Care Compare)Source: CMS Care Compare · Updated 2026-07-01.GOV

Staffing rating

3.0

Quality-measure rating

5.0

Inspections on record

2

Cited deficiencies

4

Not yet ratedSource: CMS Care Compare · Updated 2026Q1.GOV

Staffing rating

Not published

Quality-measure rating

Not published

Inspections on record

Not published

Cited deficiencies

Not published

Not yet ratedSource: CMS Care Compare · Updated 2025Q4.GOV

Staffing rating

Not published

Quality-measure rating

Not published

Inspections on record

Not published

Cited deficiencies

Not published

5.0(CMS Care Compare)Source: CMS Care Compare · Updated 2026-06-01.GOV

Staffing rating

3.0

Quality-measure rating

5.0

Inspections on record

2

Cited deficiencies

4

5.0(CMS Care Compare)Source: CMS Care Compare · Updated 2026-08-01.GOV

Staffing rating

3.0

Quality-measure rating

5.0

Inspections on record

2

Cited deficiencies

4

Inspection history (6)

Records from February 2019 to February 2025.

  • February 12, 2025 · D

    Citation F0656

    Federal surveyors cited this nursing home on 2025-02-12 under CMS tag F0656 (CMS scope/severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm) for Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. The deficiency was recorded as corrected on 2025-02-21. Source: CMS Care Compare Health Deficiencies (as of 2026-06-01).

    View original record (opens in a new tab)Source: CMS Care Compare · Updated 2025-02-12.GOV

  • February 12, 2025 · D

    Citation F0812

    Federal surveyors cited this nursing home on 2025-02-12 under CMS tag F0812 (CMS scope/severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm) for Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. The deficiency was recorded as corrected on 2025-03-18. Source: CMS Care Compare Health Deficiencies (as of 2026-06-01).

    View original record (opens in a new tab)Source: CMS Care Compare · Updated 2025-02-12.GOV

  • February 12, 2025 · D

    Citation F0644

    Federal surveyors cited this nursing home on 2025-02-12 under CMS tag F0644 (CMS scope/severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm) for Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed. The deficiency was recorded as corrected on 2025-02-20. Source: CMS Care Compare Health Deficiencies (as of 2026-06-01).

    View original record (opens in a new tab)Source: CMS Care Compare · Updated 2025-02-12.GOV

  • February 5, 2020 · D

    Citation F0880

    Federal surveyors cited this nursing home on 2020-02-05 under CMS tag F0880 (CMS scope/severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm) for Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. The deficiency was recorded as corrected on 2020-02-20. Source: CMS Care Compare Health Deficiencies (as of 2026-06-01).

    View original record (opens in a new tab)Source: CMS Care Compare · Updated 2020-02-05.GOV

  • February 6, 2019 · F

    Citation F0812

    Federal surveyors cited this nursing home on 2019-02-06 under CMS tag F0812 (CMS scope/severity F: widespread, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm) for Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. The deficiency was recorded as corrected on 2019-02-07. Source: CMS Care Compare Health Deficiencies (as of 2026-06-01).

    View original record (opens in a new tab)Source: CMS Care Compare · Updated 2019-02-06.GOV

  • February 6, 2019 · D

    Citation F0756

    Federal surveyors cited this nursing home on 2019-02-06 under CMS tag F0756 (CMS scope/severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm) for Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. The deficiency was recorded as corrected on 2019-02-18. Source: CMS Care Compare Health Deficiencies (as of 2026-06-01).

    View original record (opens in a new tab)Source: CMS Care Compare · Updated 2019-02-06.GOV

Penalties

Total fines on file: $0

Staffing

Latest: 4.09 nurse staffing hours per resident per day (2026Q1)

Staffing trend (5 periods)

  1. 2025Q44.12 hrs/resident/day
  2. 2026-06-014.12 hrs/resident/day
  3. 2026-07-014.09 hrs/resident/day
  4. 2026-08-014.09 hrs/resident/day
  5. 2026Q14.09 hrs/resident/day

Most recent period is about the same as 2025Q4. Figures are CMS-reported nurse staffing hours, not our estimate.

Ownership

For profit

CMS Care Compare chain: National Healthcare Corporation

Chain ID 364 · 69 facilities in chain (CMS)

  • Chain average overall rating: 4
  • Chain average health inspection rating: 3.5
  • Chain average staffing rating: 3.5
  • Chain average quality measure rating: 4.4

Chain averages are CMS-published figures for facilities sharing this Chain ID (formerly Affiliated Entity). They are not ElderCareCosts scores.

  1. Parent organization: National Health CORP Leveraged Employee Stock Ownership Trust

    parent · PAC 6709900186

Recent changes to this listing

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  1. Sep 1, 2026Ownership changed

    The source now records ownership as "For profit".

    Reported by CMS nursing homes (ownership)

  2. Sep 1, 2026Ownership changed

    The source now records ownership as "For profit - Corporation".

    Reported by CMS nursing homes (provider info)

  3. Aug 6, 2026Ownership changed

    The source now records ownership as "For profit".

    Reported by CMS nursing homes (ownership)

  4. Jul 24, 2026Ownership changed

    The source now records ownership as "For profit - Corporation".

    Reported by CMS nursing homes (provider info)

  5. Jul 24, 2026Ownership changed

    The source now records ownership as "For profit".

    Reported by CMS nursing homes (ownership)

Ratings, inspections, and penalties are public records, reproduced in plain English without edits to their substance. View source records · What these measures mean.

Typical cost

Genworth CareScout Cost of Care Survey · 2025

This provider doesn't publish a specific price to us. Below is the typical TN range for the care type(s) it offers. Use it as context, not a quote.

Nursing Homes

Median · TN$9,429/mo
See full TN cost breakdownSource: Genworth CareScout Cost of Care Survey · Updated 2025

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Trust & methodology

Where this information came from

Each block below is one file we read, the date on that file, and the fields on this page that came from it. The date is when the source published or we retrieved it, not the day we last looked at this listing.

CMS nursing homes (provider info)as of August 2026
Chain identifier, Chain name, City, CMS Special Focus status, County, Licensed capacity, Map location, Medicare certification number, Name, Phone number, State, Street address, ZIP code
CMS nursing homes (ownership)as of July 2026
Ownership type, Parent organization
CMS enrollmentas of July 2026
NPI
CMS nursing homes (payroll-based journal staffing)as of June 2026
Staffing hours per resident day

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