Siskin Subacute West is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1967-01-01. 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 (423) 847-4100 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Siskin Subacute West 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 (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 93.9/100, placing it #233 of 14703 facilities nationally and #3 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 Siskin Subacute West receives a reported average of 6 hours 6 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 55 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 11 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 5 hours 50 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 22.2%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $93,919. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $93,919, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 148.25 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Siskin Subacute West ranks 233rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 93.9/100), placing it in the top 5% nationwide. Within TN, it ranks 3rd out of 303 nursing homes. In Chattanooga, it ranks 1st out of 6 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #331 nationally and RN hours rank #254 nationally (#5 in TN). Our composite quality score of 93.9/100 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 Chattanooga, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/tennessee/chattanooga/