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Nhc Healthcare, Cookeville

815 SOUTH WALNUT AVENUE, COOKEVILLE, TN, 38501
(931) 528-5516
104 licensed beds
★★★★★5/5CMS Five-Star overall4/5 health inspections3/5 staffing5/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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Address

815 South Walnut Avenue
Cookeville, TN 38501
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Bed capacity
104
CMS facility ID
445110
Care type
Nursing home
County
Putnam
Facility name
Nhc Healthcare, Cookeville
Street address
815 SOUTH WALNUT AVENUE
City / state / ZIP
Cookeville, TN 38501
Phone
(931) 528-5516

Nhc Healthcare, Cookeville is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Cookeville, Tennessee. It is licensed for 104 beds — close to the median for skilled nursing facilities in Tennessee (114 beds).

It is one of 8 senior care facilities in Cookeville 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 Nhc Healthcare, Cookeville 10 times across 6 inspections in the last three years, including 2 food-safety citations; no federal fines are on record. 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.

What the public record shows.

Ownership & operator

Parent company
National Healthcare Corporation
Ownership type
For profit - Corporation

Registered owners & officers

National Health Corp Leveraged Employee Stock Ownership Trust
Direct owner · Additional disclosable party — 100% stake — since 1986
Bean, Kelsie
Operational control — since 2009
Dieringer, Nicholas
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2020
Dodson, Vicki
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2019
Kidd, Brian
Officer · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2019
National Healthcare Corporation
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 1997
Nhc-op Lp
Operational control — since 2018
Smith, Jeffrey
Officer · Operational control — since 2008
Stoner, Jeremy
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 1998
Tennessee Healthcare Advisors, Llc
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2018
Ussery, Robert
Officer · Operational control — since 2017

Regulatory standing

Federal court records
20 naming its parent company — view the cases (a listed case is not a finding of wrongdoing)
Licensed / certified since
1976-01-28
CMS overall rating
5 of 5 stars
Health deficiencies
3 at the last standard inspection
Federal fines
None on record
Last standard inspection
2025-02-12
Nurse staffing
4.1 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)

Average billed charges
$457 per day (≈ $13,890/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.
Payer mix (resident days)
53% Medicaid · 21% Medicare · 26% private/other
Occupancy
95% (fiscal year 2023)
Vs. state median
25% above the TN median of $367/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds
104
Medicare
Accepted
Medicaid
Accepted
Wheelchair accessible
entrance and parking
Visiting hours
Monday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM · Tuesday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM · Wednesday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM · Thursday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM · Friday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM · Saturday: Closed · Sunday: Closed
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.
Every citation, dated and graded.

Kitchen & food safety

Federal surveyors inspect the kitchen at every standard visit. This facility has 2 food-safety citations on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.
2025-02-12Health 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 2025-02-20
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 2025-02-21
F-0812
D · 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 2025-03-18
2020-02-05Health inspection1 citation
F-0880
D · No harm found
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2020-02-20
3 earlier / fire-safety inspections (6 citations)
2019-02-06Health inspection2 citations
F-0756
D · No harm found
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Corrected 2019-02-18
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 2019-02-07
2020-02-05Fire-safety inspection1 citation
K-0353
D · No harm found
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
Corrected 2020-03-02
2019-02-06Fire-safety inspection3 citations
K-0353
D · No harm found
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
Corrected 2019-02-13
K-0511
D · No harm found
Have properly installed electrical wiring and gas equipment.
Corrected 2019-02-14
K-0918
D · No harm found
Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
Corrected 2019-02-07
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 445110.
What people say on Google.
3.935 ratings on Google
★★★★★Terry Flatt · 2026-06-19 · via Google

“We can't say thank you enough for the exceptional care that my wife received while she was there for rehab from the administration, admission staff all the way down to the housekeepers. She lacked nothing in her care and physical therapy. We have used all 3 of the nursing home facilities and NHC is by far the best.”

★★Kaley White · 2025-12-14 · via Google

“My family member stayed at NHC for six months after a stroke left her unable to walk and use one of her arms. Some of the staff are absolutely phenomenal; LPN Lonna, CNA Courtney, and PTA Emily truly cared about my relative and did everything in their power to make her feel comfortable. That said, as in any nursing home, the CNAs are understaffed and underpaid, and it often took half an hour for t…”

★★★★★Mimi · 2025-05-24 · via Google

“There is a reason this facility has won multiple awards. They are truly awesome from the minute you walk in the front door. The staff is amazing, the every thing is kept clean and you can see that that is a priority. My mom stayed for about 2 months for rehab after back surgery. The care she was given was impeccable!!’ Every person that we came into contact with was kind, caring, and wanting to do…”

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Ownership & corporate history

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Prior operators & transfers
Corporate network & affiliates
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Owners' other facilities
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Inspection citations — last 5 years

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Civil & criminal lawsuits

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Active civil suits
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Federal dockets
CDC infection data
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Citations, owner history, lawsuits — decoded into one PDF.
Sources we pull for this facility.
Source
CMS Nursing Home Compare
data.cms.gov Provider Data Catalog
Last verified 2026-08-31
Source
Google Business Profile
Photos, reviews & hours
Displayed with attribution · refreshed on re-run
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Secretary of State filings
Entity & officer search
Pulled when a report is ordered
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PACER federal dockets
pacer.uscourts.gov
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