Princeton Transitional Care & Assisted Living is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1995-08-25. 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) 975-1800 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Princeton Transitional Care & Assisted Living holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 5 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (5★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 75.7/100, placing it #5599 of 14703 facilities nationally and #128 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 Princeton Transitional Care & Assisted Living receives a reported average of 4 hours 42 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 55 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 46 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 39 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 54.2%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

Princeton Transitional Care & Assisted Living has received zero fines across all five years of available data (2022–2026), reflecting a strong regulatory compliance record. 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 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 3.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Princeton Transitional Care & Assisted Living ranks 5599th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 75.7/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within TN, it ranks 128th out of 303 nursing homes. In Johnson City, it ranks 5th out of 6 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 3rd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,814 nationally and RN hours rank #251 nationally (#4 in TN). Our composite quality score of 75.7/100 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 Johnson City, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/tennessee/johnson-city/