Waters Of Mckenzie A Rehabilitation & Nursing Ctr is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1995-07-01. 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) 352-5317 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Waters Of Mckenzie A Rehabilitation & Nursing Ctr holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 2 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (1★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 73.9/100, placing it #6447 of 14703 facilities nationally and #146 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 Waters Of Mckenzie A Rehabilitation & Nursing Ctr receives a reported average of 3 hours 26 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 21 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 17 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 49 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 53 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 1 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 61.2%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

Waters Of Mckenzie A Rehabilitation & Nursing Ctr 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 29.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Waters Of Mckenzie A Rehabilitation & Nursing Ctr ranks 6447th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 73.9/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within TN, it ranks 146th out of 303 nursing homes. In Mc Kenzie, it ranks 1st out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #9,705 nationally and RN hours rank #12,027 nationally (#267 in TN). Our composite quality score of 73.9/100 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 Mc Kenzie, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/tennessee/mc-kenzie/