CCN 445511 · Hamilton County, Tennessee
Life Care Center of Ooltewah
5911 Snow Hill Road, Ooltewah, TN 37363
Life Care Center of Ooltewah is a 120-bed for-profit nursing home in Ooltewah, Tennessee, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 2013. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 76.7 residents a day, about 64% 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
- 120
- Average residents per day
- 76.7 (63.9% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Ooltewah Medical Investors LP
- Certified since
- Apr 30, 2013
- 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 | 4 of 5 | State spread: 58 at 1, 53 at 2, 65 at 3, 68 at 4, 56 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 4 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 4 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 4 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 4.25 | 3.64 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 1.07 | 0.54 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.44 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 51.1% | 50.0% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 63.9% | 77.7% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 3 (Apr 29, 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). Life Care Center of Ooltewah meets that part today: 4 stars overall, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Developers Investment Company IncOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 02/07/2013 |
| Life Care Affiliates IIOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/31/1991 |
| Life Care Centers of America, Inc.Organization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 03/08/2012 |
| Ooltewah Medical Investors LPOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 02/07/2013 |
| Borja, AshleyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/16/2020 |
| Fletcher, ToddIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/13/2024 |
| Murphy, JoshuaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/16/2021 |
| Payne, JulieIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/22/2017 |
| Preston, AubreyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/13/2024 |
| Solomon, JenniferIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/01/2019 |
| Ziegler, JamesIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/13/2024 |
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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