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NHC HEALTHCARE, KINGSPORT

KINGSPORT, TN · Medicare-certified · 90 beds

In good standing
For-profitChain member
5 of 5 overall

NHC Healthcare, Kingsport has an overall 5-star rating, with 4 stars for health inspections and staffing and 5 stars for quality measures. It reported 4.22 nurse staffing hours per resident per day, slightly above the 4.1 federal benchmark, and had no fines in the last 24 months.

Facility ratings

Health inspections

Staffing

4.2197 hrs/resident/day

Quality measures

Last inspection: September 7, 2023Penalties, last 24 months: $0

Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.2197.

Staffing detail

Registered nurses
0.74
Licensed practical nurses
1.14
Nurse aides
2.34
Weekend nursing
3.89

Hours per resident per day.

Total staff turnover: 35%
Registered nurse turnover: 17%

Resident outcomes

How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.

Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication

8.5%Steady

Residents with a fall causing major injury

6.7%Improving

Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)

9.8%Improving

Residents with a urinary tract infection

3.8%Improving

Residents who lost too much weight

8.9%Worsening

Residents who were physically restrained

0%Steady

Residents needing more help with daily activities

12.9%Worsening

Residents whose ability to walk got worse

23%Steady
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication

18.9%Improving

Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic

0.5%Improving

Residents with a long-term catheter

0%Steady

Residents with new or worsening incontinence

22.9%Worsening

Residents with depressive symptoms

6.5%Worsening

Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine

100%Steady

Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine

100%Steady

Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine

99.7%Steady

Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine

99.7%Steady

What the inspectors found

The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited September 2023 — widespread issue, potential for harm.

View the original federal record

F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: F

Recent history

  1. STAFFING

    Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.

  2. INSPECTION

    Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.

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  3. INSPECTION

    Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.

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Operator & ownership

Ownership
For profit - Limited Liability company
Chain
Part of NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORPORATION · 68 homes · 4 stars avg
Occupancy
85.7 residents on an average day (95% of 90 beds)
Resident voice
Resident council
Medicare history
Certified for 11 years

The most recent standard health inspection was more than two years ago.

Things at a nursing home change — inspections, staffing, ownership, news.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.