Life Care Center of Blount County
Nursing home in Louisville, Tennessee, CMS certification number 445520
1965 Stewart Lane, Louisville, TN 37777 · Blount County
- CMS overall rating
- 3 of 5 stars
- Certified beds
- 120
- Certified for
- Medicare
- Last standard inspection
- July 1, 2026
- Deficiencies at that inspection
- 3
- Fines in 3 years
- $8,018 (1)
Does Life Care Center of Blount County take Medicare and Medicaid?
Life Care Center of Blount County is certified for Medicare only. Medicare can cover a short skilled stay after a qualifying hospital stay, but Medicaid won't pay for a long stay here.
Certification isn't a promise of an open bed. Ask how many Medicaid beds it has free and whether it keeps residents who move from Medicare to Medicaid. Our guide explains what Medicare pays for.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every certified nursing home from 1 to 5 stars. The overall rating starts from health inspections, then moves up or down for staffing and quality. These come from the CMS Provider Information, October 2026 release.
| Measure | CMS stars |
|---|---|
| Overall | 3 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 2 of 5 |
| Staffing | 3 of 5 |
| Quality of resident care | 5 of 5 |
| Long-stay quality | 5 of 5 |
| Short-stay quality | 4 of 5 |
Nurse staffing hours and turnover
These are the hours Life Care Center of Blount County reported to CMS, split across residents and days. More hours per resident usually means more hands at the bedside.
- Total nurse hours per resident per day
- 3.76
- Registered nurse hours
- 0.98
- Licensed practical nurse hours
- 1.12
- Nurse aide hours
- 1.66
- Weekend total hours
- 3.00
- Nursing staff turnover
- 52.9%
- Registered nurse turnover
- 50%
- Administrators who left
- 1
Health inspections and complaints
Inspectors last made a standard visit on July 1, 2026 and cited 3 deficiencies, plus 0 from complaint visits.
The visit before, on December 6, 2024, found 5.
Read every citation on the CMS Care Compare page.
Fines and payment denials
CMS fined Life Care Center of Blount County 1 time in the past 3 years, for $8,018 in total.
Beds and residents
On an average day 97.4 residents live here, about 81% of its 120 certified beds.
- Certified beds
- 120
- Average residents per day
- 97.4
- Certified since
- January 14, 2016
- Resident or family council
- Resident
Who owns Life Care Center of Blount County
- Legal business name
- Blount Medical Investors Inc.
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Chain
- 194 homes nationally under Life Care Centers of America, 3.4-star chain average
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Who inspects nursing homes in Tennessee
Tennessee's state survey agency licenses nursing homes and carries out the federal inspections for CMS. A home must keep its state licence and meet the federal rules to take Medicare or Medicaid.
Compare all nursing homes in Tennessee, or see how assisted living and nursing homes differ.
Is this your facility?
If you run Life Care Center of Blount County, email contact@assistedlivingaccess.com from your work address. We can add your own rates, photos and contact details next to the state record, or take the listing down.
Questions about Life Care Center of Blount County
What is the CMS star rating of Life Care Center of Blount County?
3 out of 5 stars overall.
Does Life Care Center of Blount County accept Medicaid?
No, it is not Medicaid certified.
What did inspectors find at Life Care Center of Blount County?
3 cited at the last standard visit.
Who owns Life Care Center of Blount County?
Blount Medical Investors Inc., for profit - corporation.
From the federal record: CMS Care Compare and the CMS Provider Information dataset, October 2026 release.