Nursing Homes in Hamilton County, TN
Licensed nursing homes providers across Hamilton County, the cities they are in, and where to get free local help.
Licensed nursing homes providers: 11
Life Care Center of Ooltewah
Soddy-Daisy Health Care Center
Life Care Center of Hixson
Life Care Center of Collegedale
Life Care Center of Red Bank
Chattanooga Health and Rehab Center
Ascension Living Alexian Village Tennessee
The Health Center at Standifer Place
NHC Healthcare, Chattanooga
Siskin Subacute West
Cities in Hamilton County
- Chattanooga · 6
What federal inspectors recorded here
Hamilton County, TN has 11 facilities certified by Medicare or Medicaid, as of the CMS penalty file published October 1, 2026. CMS publishes what it fined them, when it stopped paying for new admissions, how many nursing hours they staffed, and what its inspectors wrote up. These are those records counted. A penalty is an enforcement action on a date, not a verdict on the care a resident receives today.
- Facilities with a federal penalty
45%5 of 11 (45%)
A civil money penalty, a payment denial, or both, among the penalties CMS recorded between July 17, 2023 and September 23, 2026.
- Facilities where CMS stopped paying for new admissions
9%1 of 11 (9%)
A payment denial is CMS refusing to pay for newly admitted Medicare and Medicaid residents until the facility corrects the problem it cited.
- Median penalty total, among facilities that were fined
Only 4 facilities here have a fine on record. We publish a median at 5 values or more, because below that the middle of the list is one building's number.
- Median nurse staffing hours per resident day
3.73hours · 11 facilities
0.06 hours above the Tennessee median of 3.67 hours.
Total nurse hours per resident per day from payroll records CMS collects, quarter Q2 2026. Staffing is an input, not an outcome.
- Facilities with an inspection citation in the last 12 months
36%4 of 11 (36%)
Counts facilities with at least one deficiency CMS inspectors wrote up in the last 365 days. The most recent one here is dated May 6, 2026. A facility inspected and found compliant records no citation, so this is not a survey date.
These figures cover nursing homes only. CMS keeps these penalty, staffing and inspection records for Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing homes. Assisted living, memory care and home care agencies are licensed by each state under different rules, so their records are not comparable.
Each share above shows how many facilities it is based on. Where there are too few for a percentage to mean much, we show the count instead. More in our methodology.
Local aging & Medicaid contacts
Long-term care ombudsman
Free help with complaints about care and residents' rights in nursing homes and assisted living.
Tennessee Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program
Source: State LTC OmbudsmanNo county-matched Area Agency on Aging row yet for Hamilton County.
Aging & Disability Resource Center
Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability · 1-866-836-6678
Source: Aging & disability resource centerMedicare counseling (SHIP)
Tennessee State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)
Source: Medicare counseling (SHIP)Tennessee Medicaid HCBS / LTSS programs
State-level Medicaid waiver contacts (not invented county Medicaid offices). Official agency pages only.
- CHOICES. TennCare CHOICES provides nursing facility and HCBS LTSS for seniors 65+ and adults 21+ with physical disabilities. Prior elderly/disabled 1915(c) is terminated on Medicaid.gov; CHOICES operates under TennCare 1115 authorities.
Questions families ask
Which cities in Hamilton County have nursing homes listings?
Hamilton County has nursing homes in 1 city, each listed on this page with its own provider list.
Who do I call about a complaint at a nursing home in Hamilton County?
Tennessee Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program is the long-term care ombudsman program serving Hamilton County. It takes complaints about care, safety and residents' rights. Its website is in the contacts section of this page.
How do families in Hamilton County learn about Medicaid long-term care options?
Tennessee runs named Medicaid programs that pay for care at home and in assisted living. This page links to the official state pages for each.
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