Ave Maria Home is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2009-01-01. 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 (901) 386-3211 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Ave Maria Home 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 (2★), Staffing (3★), 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 74.3/100, placing it #6259 of 14703 facilities nationally and #143 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 Ave Maria Home receives a reported average of 6 hours 6 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 34 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 37 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 55 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 5 hours 24 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $27,921. One substantiated complaint was recorded across the 5-year period. There were 1 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $27,921, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 3. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 38.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Ave Maria Home ranks 6259th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 74.3/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within TN, it ranks 143rd out of 303 nursing homes. In Bartlett, it ranks 2nd out of 3 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #333 nationally and RN hours rank #7,326 nationally (#133 in TN). Our composite quality score of 74.3/100 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 Bartlett, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/tennessee/bartlett/