CMS Care Compare · 2026 2 nursing homes Tennessee

Macon County, Tennessee

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County inventory for Macon County, Tennessee is drawn from U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nursing Home Compare / Home Health Compare (14,710 Medicare-certified nursing homes nationwide) with cost context from the private CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey - see our methodology. CMS star-quality signature

Rated homes in Macon County average 1.5 CMS stars (lower tercile, ≤2.5) across 2 nursing homes - 168 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 Tennessee medians.

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County care plate

Sheet TN-MACON-TENNESSEE · Macon, TN

NH-ONE · BEDS-FEW · STAR-WEAK · HH-NONE · RANK-MID · PHOTO-NONE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • NH-ONE 2 homes
  • BEDS-FEW 168 beds
  • STAR-WEAK 1.5★ avg
  • HH-NONE 0 agencies
  • RANK-MID #1,711/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-MID $5,845/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 2/2 NH · 0 HH

Stamps lead with CMS star-quality tercile (low) plus nursing-home inventory, licensed beds, Home Health Compare agencies, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.

What weaker CMS stars show for Macon County

CMS star quality runs softer in Macon County: rated homes average 1.5/5 (lower tercile, ≤2.5) across 2 nursing homes and 168 licensed beds.

With a thinner CMS book, cost context matters more per facility: CareScout 2025 Tennessee medians run assisted living $5,845/mo, semi-private nursing $9,429/mo, private nursing $10,038/mo, home health aide $5,911/mo, adult day $1,733/mo. Verify rates with the named homes below.

Star counts run softer here (1 at 1★, 1 at 2★). Ownership leans For profit - Corporation (100% of 2 homes). Pair the ladder with inspection notes, staffing, distance, and specialty units before treating any single home as a fit.

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Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.

$5,845
Assisted Living / mo
$9,429
Nursing (Semi) / mo
$5,911
Home Care / mo
1.5
Avg CMS Rating

Nursing Homes in Macon County

2 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Red Boiling Springs Tn Opco LLC Red Boiling Springs 2/5 119 For profit - Corporation
Knollwood Manor Lafayette 1/5 49 For profit - Corporation

Read next when stars run softer

Read CMS stars with Macon County's 1.5 average
Thin-book context for Macon: How inspection, staffing, and quality measures combine when the county mean sits below 3★.
Choosing among 2 Macon County homes
Softer-star neighbourhood: A visit checklist that starts from CMS stars, then adds staffing, ownership, and specialty units.
Nursing home vs assisted living near Macon
Sparse home-health path: Care-level and cost differences before you shortlist a CMS-certified facility.
Cost calculator for Macon County planning
Sparse home-health path: State CareScout medians rolled into a monthly planning estimate.

Continue on the Tennessee elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Tennessee state-level medians from CareScout 2025 (county-level cost data is not available).

Read our methodology - how CMS Care Compare and CareScout 2025 are joined for Macon County.