Erwin Health Care Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1992-07-01. 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 (423) 743-4131 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Erwin Health Care Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (1★), and Quality of Resident Care (1★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 52.9/100, placing it #13624 of 14703 facilities nationally and #290 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 Erwin Health Care Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 32 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 49 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 41 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 2 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 54 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. 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 $10,024. 2 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $10,024, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 80.25 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Erwin Health Care Center ranks 13624th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 52.9/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within TN, it ranks 290th out of 303 nursing homes. In Erwin, it ranks 3rd out of 3 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 3rd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #8,838 nationally and RN hours rank #3,456 nationally (#41 in TN). Our composite quality score of 52.9/100 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 Erwin, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/tennessee/erwin/