Laughlin Health Care Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1991-04-12. 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) 638-9226 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Laughlin Health Care Center 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 (1★), Staffing (5★), 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 79.5/100, placing it #3928 of 14703 facilities nationally and #90 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 Laughlin Health Care Center receives a reported average of 4 hours 45 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 4 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 23 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 18 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 58 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 38.7%. 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 $9,770. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. 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 $9,770, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 3. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 88.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Laughlin Health Care Center ranks 3928th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 79.5/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within TN, it ranks 90th out of 303 nursing homes. In Greeneville, it ranks 2nd out of 3 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,694 nationally and RN hours rank #1,660 nationally (#15 in TN). Our composite quality score of 79.5/100 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 Greeneville, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/tennessee/greeneville/