Rocky Top Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Rocky Top Care Center is a 117-bed for-profit nursing home in Rocky Top, Tennessee. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.06 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 3% below the Tennessee average of 2.12, and 45.7% nursing staff turnover (Tennessee average 48.9%).
Rocky Top Care Center
204 Industrial Park Rd PO Box 659Rocky Top, TN 37769
Anderson County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Rocky Top Care Center, nurse aides logged 2.06 hours per resident per day, 3% below the Tennessee average. With about 83 residents a day, that works out to roughly 172 aide hours a day, or about 21 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 10% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Tennessee avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.06 | 2.12 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.02 | 1.09 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.93 | 0.60 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.02 | 3.80 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.63 | 3.31 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
45.7% of nursing staff at Rocky Top Care Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Tennessee average of 48.9% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 44.4%. 2 administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Mar 4, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 3 health deficiencies (Tennessee average 4.7). CMS lists 1 fine totaling $86,768 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 2024 | Fine | $86,768 |
CMS Penalties file, August 2026 release. A payment denial stops Medicare and Medicaid payment for new admissions for the days shown.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Rocky Top Care Center holds 1 of 5 overall; the Tennessee average is 3.0.
About Rocky Top Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Rocky Top Operations LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Aug 2, 1990
- Councils: resident and family councils
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Rocky Top Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Andersonville TN Opco LLC Andersonville | 5.7 | 103 | 1.68 | 3.28 | 61.4% | 3 | None |
| The Waters of Clinton, LLC Clinton | 6.7 | 120 | 1.75 | 2.96 | 32.4% | 4 | None |
| Cumberland Village Care Lafollette | 9.5 | 182 | 1.94 | 3.32 | 26.1% | 4 | $18,769 |
| Tennova Lafollette Health and Rehab Center Lafollette | 9.7 | 98 | 1.92 | 3.76 | 28.0% | 4 | None |
| Diversicare of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge · SFF candidate | 14.1 | 120 | 1.55 | 2.96 | 58.0% | 1 | $205,329 |
| NHC Healthcare, Oak Ridge Oak Ridge | 14.2 | 128 | 2.13 | 3.86 | 57.5% | 4 | None |
| Senator Ben Atchley State Veterans' Home Knoxville | 16.8 | 140 | 2.62 | 4.51 | 42.4% | 5 | None |
| Beverly Park Place Health and Rehab Knoxville | 17.4 | 271 | 1.79 | 3.13 | 66.7% | 3 | None |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.