West Tennessee Post Acute is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1986-03-06. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (731) 300-4800 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

West Tennessee Post Acute holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 69.6/100, placing it #8464 of 14703 facilities nationally and #182 of 303 in Tennessee. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at West Tennessee Post Acute receives a reported average of 5 hours 17 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 56 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 2 hours 1 minute; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 21 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 23 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 57.1%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

West Tennessee Post Acute has received zero fines across all five years of available data (2022–2026), reflecting a strong regulatory compliance record. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 26.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, West Tennessee Post Acute ranks 8464th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 69.6/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within TN, it ranks 182nd out of 303 nursing homes. In Jackson, it ranks 2nd out of 6 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 4. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #817 nationally and RN hours rank #2,481 nationally (#30 in TN). Our composite quality score of 69.6/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Jackson, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/tennessee/jackson/