CCN 445275 · Jefferson County, Tennessee
Life Care Center of Jefferson City
336 West Old Andrew Johnson Hwy, Jefferson City, TN 37760
Life Care Center of Jefferson City is a 121-bed for-profit nursing home in Jefferson City, Tennessee, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1992. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 94.7 residents a day, about 78% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $6.8 million originally, at 3.18%, with $5.8 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in December 2049.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 121
- Average residents per day
- 94.7 (78.3% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Jefferson City Operations, LLC
- Certified since
- Feb 21, 1992
- Chain or affiliated group
- Life Care Centers of America (194 facilities, chain average 3.4 stars)
- Location
- Urban
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 | 3 of 5 | State spread: 58 at 1, 53 at 2, 65 at 3, 68 at 4, 56 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 3 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 3 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 2 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.54 | 3.64 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.65 | 0.54 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 2.89 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 52.6% | 50.0% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 78.3% | 77.7% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 6 (Jun 18, 2025) | ||
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). Life Care Center of Jefferson City meets that part today: 3 stars overall, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life Care Centers of America, Inc.Organization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 08/24/2015 |
| Cochran, AmandaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 02/01/2025 |
| Fletcher, ToddIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/01/2021 |
| Lay, LisaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/24/2017 |
| Preston, AubreyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 08/24/2015 |
| Preston, ForrestIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 08/24/2015 |
| Solomon, JenniferIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/01/2019 |
| Swanker, RichardIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2022 |
| Tolliver, AmyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/09/2023 |
| Witherspoon, NancyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/01/2022 |
| Ziegler, JamesIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 08/24/2015 |
Changes of ownership
| Effective | Buyer | Seller |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2016 | Jefferson City Operations, LLC | Life Care Centers of America, Inc. |
HUD Section 232 loans
HUD's Office of Healthcare Programs lists these FHA-insured loans for a project we matched to this facility by name, city and bed count. Status, rate and balance come from HUD's insured-mortgage files as of September 30, 2026. Check the FHA number against the loan documents before relying on the match.
| Endorsed | Program | Original amount | Status | FHA number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20, 2019 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Life Care Center of Jefferson City, 120 beds. Lender at endorsement: Capital Funding LLC | $6,784,000 | Active: 3.18%, $5,765,735 balanceMatures Dec 1, 2049. Servicer: Capital Funding LLC | 08722052 |
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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