CCN 445099 · Mc Minn County, Tennessee
Nhc Healthcare, Athens
1204 Frye St, Athens, TN 37303
Nhc Healthcare, Athens is a 86-bed for-profit nursing home in Athens, Tennessee, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1971. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 67.0 residents a day, about 78% of its certified beds. We found no FHA-insured Section 232 loan for it in HUD's healthcare endorsement database (fiscal 2001 onward).
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 86
- Average residents per day
- 67.0 (77.9% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Nhc Healthcare-Athens LLC
- Certified since
- Nov 16, 1971
- Chain or affiliated group
- National Healthcare Corporation (71 facilities, chain average 4.0 stars)
- Location
- Rural
Ratings and staffing
Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.
| Measure | This facility | Tennessee median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 5 of 5 | State spread: 58 at 1, 53 at 2, 65 at 3, 68 at 4, 56 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 5 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 4 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 4 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 4.07 | 3.64 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.56 | 0.54 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.50 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 50.8% | 50.0% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 77.9% | 77.7% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 1 (Jun 10, 2026) | ||
HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part
HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). Nhc Healthcare, Athens meets that part today: 5 stars overall, 5 on health inspections, no abuse icon. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.
Who owns and operates it
These are the owners and operators the facility reported to CMS: anyone with a 5% or greater direct or indirect stake, and any organization with operational or managerial control.
| Name | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Healthcare CorporationOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/01/2000 |
| Nhc-Op LPOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/01/2000 |
| Butler, AddisonIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 06/27/2022 |
| Dodson, VickiIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 06/01/2019 |
| Gleaton, ShannonIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/30/2015 |
| Kidd, BrianIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2017 |
| Nason Jr., HowardIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/18/2016 |
| Smith, BertIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/15/2024 |
| Ussery, RobertIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/01/2000 |
In its Medicare enrollment record, the facility reported a real estate investment trust owner: National Health Investors, Inc.. Those flags are self-reported to CMS and many PE and REIT ties go unflagged.
Changes of ownership
No change of ownership for this facility appears in the CMS change-of-ownership file, which starts in January 2016.
HUD Section 232 loans
No FHA-insured loan matching this facility appears in HUD's database of healthcare endorsements, which covers fiscal 2001 onward (HUD data run of July 8, 2026). A loan could still exist under a different project name or from before 2001.
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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