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Buchanan Place

902 BUCHANAN RD, NEW TAZEWELL, TN, 37825

(423) 626-8215

exceptionallivingcenters.com/community/buchanan-place-health-rehabilitation

134 licensed beds

★★★★★2/5CMS Five-Star overall2/5 health inspections3/5 staffing4/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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Address

902 Buchanan Rd

New Tazewell, TN 37825

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Bed capacity

134

CMS facility ID

445156

Care type

Nursing home

County

Claiborne

Facility name

Buchanan Place

Street address

902 BUCHANAN RD

City / state / ZIP

New Tazewell, TN 37825

Phone

(423) 626-8215

Website

exceptionallivingcenters.com/community/buchanan-place-health-rehabilitation

About this facility — Buchanan Place

Buchanan Place is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in New Tazewell, Tennessee. It is licensed for 134 beds — above the median for skilled nursing facilities in Tennessee (114 beds).

It is one of 2 senior care facilities in New Tazewell and 303 skilled nursing facilities across Tennessee. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

Federal inspectors have cited Buchanan Place 30 times across 8 inspections in the last three years, including 1 food-safety citation, and CMS has imposed $8,021 in fines. Every citation is listed, dated, and graded in the inspection record below.

This listing draws on federal CMS Nursing Home Compare records, and was last updated on August 31, 2026. Background reports are compiled from primary sources — state inspection files, federal CMS data, corporate registrations, and court records — at the time of order.

Facility background

What the public record shows.

Ownership & operator

Parent company

Exceptional Living Centers

Ownership type

For profit - Corporation

Registered owners & officers

Medical Rehabilitation Centers, Llc

Direct owner — 100% stake — since 2023

Campbell, Brenda

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2023

Debusk, Charles

Governing body · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2023

Jones, Jodie

Governing body · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2024

Lexington Health Management Llc

Indirect owner — since 2023

Watts, Amy

Indirect owner — since 2023

Watts, Walter

Indirect owner · Officer · Additional disclosable party — since 2023

Regulatory standing

Federal court records

5 naming its parent company — view the cases (a listed case is not a finding of wrongdoing)

Licensed / certified since

1983-02-10

CMS overall rating

2 of 5 stars

Health deficiencies

5 at the last standard inspection

Federal fines

$8,021 total

Last standard inspection

2026-06-24

Nurse staffing

3.7 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)

Average billed charges

$287 per day (≈ $8,720/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.

Payer mix (resident days)

80% Medicaid · 4% Medicare · 16% private/other

Occupancy

64% (fiscal year 2023)

Vs. state median

22% below the TN median of $367/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds

134

Medicare

Accepted

Medicaid

Accepted

Wheelchair accessible

entrance and parking

Visiting hours

Daily Open 24 hours

Compiled from CMS Nursing Home Compare; owners/officers from the CMS Ownership dataset; cost & occupancy from the facility's own CMS cost report; hours/accessibility via Google · last verified 2026-08-31. Facilities can submit a correction.

Inspection record

Every citation, dated and graded.

Kitchen & food safety

Federal surveyors inspect the kitchen at every standard visit. This facility has 1 food-safety citation on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.

2026-06-24Health inspection3 citations

F-0644

D · No harm found

Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.

Corrected 2026-07-22

F-0695

D · No harm found

Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

Corrected 2026-07-22

F-0880

D · No harm found

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Corrected 2026-07-22

2026-04-15Health inspectionComplaint-triggered2 citations

F-0600

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

Corrected 2026-05-05

F-0656

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

Corrected 2026-05-05

6 earlier / fire-safety inspections (25 citations)

2024-05-10Health inspectionComplaint-triggered3 citations

F-0600

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

Corrected 2024-06-19

F-0689

J · Immediate jeopardyFrom a complaint

Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

Corrected 2024-06-19

F-0756

E · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.

Corrected 2024-06-19

2022-06-29Health inspection7 citations

F-0569

D · No harm found

Notify each resident of certain balances and convey resident funds upon discharge, eviction, or death.

Corrected 2022-08-03

F-0656

D · No harm found

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

Corrected 2022-08-03

F-0684

D · No harm found

Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

Corrected 2022-08-03

F-0689

D · No harm found

Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

Corrected 2022-08-03

F-0729

D · No harm found

Verify that a nurse aide has been trained; and if they haven't worked as a nurse aide for 2 years, receive retraining.

Corrected 2022-08-03

F-0812

F · No harm foundFood safety

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Corrected 2022-08-03

F-0880

D · No harm found

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Corrected 2022-08-12

2019-06-25Health inspection3 citations

F-0661

C · No harm found

Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge.

Corrected 2019-07-14

F-0693

D · No harm found

Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.

Corrected 2019-07-14

F-0880

D · No harm found

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Corrected 2019-07-14

2026-06-24Fire-safety inspection1 citation

K-0363

D · No harm found

Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.

Corrected 2026-07-22

2022-06-29Fire-safety inspection8 citations

E-0006

D · No harm found

Conduct risk assessment and an All-Hazards approach.

Corrected 2022-07-29

E-0030

D · No harm found

List the names and contact information of those in the facility.

Corrected 2022-07-29

E-0036

E · No harm found

Establish emergency prep training and testing.

Corrected 2022-07-29

E-0039

D · No harm found

Conduct testing and exercise requirements.

Corrected 2022-07-29

K-0161

D · No harm found

Use approved construction type or materials.

Corrected 2022-06-30

K-0321

D · No harm found

Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.

Corrected 2022-06-30

K-0521

F · No harm found

Ensure heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions.

Corrected 2022-07-29

K-0761

F · No harm found

To conduct inspection, testing and maintenance of fire doors by qualified individuals.

Corrected 2022-07-29

2019-06-25Fire-safety inspection3 citations

K-0353

E · No harm found

Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.

Corrected 2019-07-14

K-0921

F · No harm found

Ensure that testing and maintenance of electrical equipment is performed.

Corrected 2019-07-14

K-0923

D · No harm found

Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas.

Corrected 2019-07-14

Federal penalties

2024-05-10Fine$8,021

Citations and penalties from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (three-year survey window, refreshed monthly). Severity codes follow the federal scope/severity grid; “Immediate jeopardy” is the most serious grade CMS issues. CCN 445156.

Visitor reviews

What people say on Google.

3.535 ratings on Google

★Yolanda Henderson · 2026-07-20 · via Google
“Total incompetence! I would not recommend this place to anyone. My precious brother caught Covid- 19 not once , but twice. He also contracted Sepsis , not once but twice. Which last episode took his life! Anytime you question or ask how this can happen, they always manage to put blame on patient somehow. Yes, my brother had dementia, but that's no fault of his to be allowed to get UTI's constan…”

★★★★★Penny Scott · 2026-02-07 · via Google
“I have to say this is a wonderful place to take care of your loved ones . My husband had to be placed in a nursing home . This was the first one I called here in New tazewell. I didn't know what to expect when I got there . I hoped it would be clean and the people caring. Well I'm very pleased with the care and the people that work there I can't say enough about it . It's very clean ,I highly reco…”

★Bernie Grubbs · 2026-05-16 · via Google
“Lazy cna’s Noah is a lazy nurse, whenever Ive visited my family I’ve seen other residents soaked in urine, he is rough and mean to them. The other nurses seem lovely except him. Step up Buchanan place.”

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Last verified 2026-08-31

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