Overview
Rocky Top Care Center has a Medicare overall rating of 2 out of 5, below the Tennessee average of 3.1. It is the only Medicare-rated nursing home in Rocky Top. Its strongest area is quality of care (5 of 5), and its weakest is health inspections (1 of 5).
Residents receive about 3.3 hours of nursing care per day, fewer than at 85% of nursing homes in Tennessee (the state average is 3.8 hours). Of that, 0.5 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on March 4, 2026, found 3 health deficiencies, fewer than the Tennessee average of 4.3. Medicare records 1 fine totaling $86,768 in the past three years.
Rocky Top Care Center is a for-profit facility with 117 certified beds, caring for about 81 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1990.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
Ranked by Medicare overall rating, then quality, inspection and staffing ratings.
Top 63%
Top 67%
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- March 4, 2026
- Health deficiencies cited
- 3
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 0
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 1 totaling $86,768
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 1
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff3.25 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.52 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.99 hrs
- Nurse aides1.74 hrs
- Physical therapists0.01 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 117
- Average residents per day
- 81
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- August 2, 1990
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- Both
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes