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ROCKY TOP CARE CENTER

An independent review of Rocky Top Care Center's safety record, its Medicare rating, health-inspection citations, staffing, fines and complaints, drawn from public federal data (not user star-ratings).

204 INDUSTRIAL PARK RD PO BOX 659 · ROCKY TOP, TN 37769 · 117 beds
Phone: 8654262147
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Open Care Data Safety Grade

This facility raises serious safety concerns and ranks well below its peers.

Starts from the Medicare rating, then weighs $86,768 in federal fines. How we grade · See how it compares
Open Care Data's independent assessment of public federal data, not an official CMS rating. Data can lag or change. Operate this facility? Report a correction.

Recent News August 2026 federal update

Removed from the federal Special Focus watch list

In the August 2026 federal update, this facility was no longer listed under the federal Special Focus Facility program, which tracks nursing homes with a persistent pattern of serious quality problems.

These changes are drawn from the U.S. federal (CMS) nursing home data. The facts are CMS's; the explanations are Open Care Data's. Federal data updates periodically and can lag current conditions. Operate this facility? Add context or report a correction.

Medicare Five-Star Rating · as of the latest federal update

Overall
1 / 5
Staffing
★★★★
4 / 5
Health Inspection
1 / 5
Quality Measures
★★★★
4 / 5

Top concerns What stands out in the record

  • Below-average overall Medicare rating (1 of 5 stars).
  • $86,768 in federal fines across 1 penalties.

How it compares vs. 303 TN nursing homes

Overall Medicare rating
1of 5 stars
Better than 0% of TN homes
Staffing rating
4of 5 stars
Better than 80% of TN homes
Health-inspection rating
1of 5 stars
Better than 0% of TN homes
Total nurse hours / resident / day
4.01927hrs
Better than 75% of TN homes
RN hours / resident / day
0.93432hrs
Better than 92% of TN homes
RN turnover
44.4%
Better than 42% of TN homes

Percentiles rank this facility against every other Medicare-rated nursing home in Tennessee, using the latest federal data.

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Safety & Enforcement Federal inspection record

Safety indicators

Abuse indicator None on record
Substantiated complaints 0

Financial penalties

1
Fines
$86,768
Total fines
0
Payment denials
1
Total penalties

Staffing Hours per resident / day

0.93432
RN hours per resident / day
Benchmark ≥ 0.75
4.01927
Total nursing hours / day
Benchmark ≈ 4.1
4.18951
Weekend nursing hours / day
Look for parity with weekdays

Higher staffing, especially RN time, correlates with better outcomes and higher Medicare star ratings.

Recent Deficiency Citations Last 36 months · federal inspections

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Quality Measures Medicare quality data · lower is better

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