Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
The Health Center at Standifer Place
2626 Walker Rd, Chattanooga, TN 37421 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · 444 certified beds
The Health Center at Standifer Place is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Chattanooga, Tennessee. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.97 hours per resident per day, above the Tennessee average of 3.85. Its most recent inspection on Jul 23, 2025 cited 5 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How The Health Center at Standifer Place compares
This facility vs. the Tennessee and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Tennessee avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.97 | 3.85 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.45 | 0.61 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.24 | 2.15 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 41.5% | 48.7% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 5.0 | 5.9 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
- Every deficiency from the July 23, 2025 inspection was corrected by September 6, 2025
What inspectors found at The Health Center at Standifer Place
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Environmental Deficiencies · Jul 23, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jul 23, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Jul 23, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 23, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jul 23, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jun 9, 2022 - Potential for harm
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jun 9, 2022 - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 9, 2022 - Potential for harm
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jun 9, 2022 - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jul 31, 2019 - Potential for harm
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Jul 31, 2019 - Potential for harm
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 31, 2019
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 2626 Walker Rd
Chattanooga, TN 37421 - CMS certification #
- 445111
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 444
- Avg residents/day
- 380.9
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1976-05-26
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2018
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2023, 1 violation cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Sep 24, 2018 to Sep 20, 2020. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $1,254 owed to 1 employee. Employer as DOL recorded it: The Health Center At Standifer Place (Mature Care Of Standifer Place LLC). Case 1919557.
DOL also concluded 1 case here with no violations found, most recently for a period ending Jan 27, 2013.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Aug 17, 2023: complaint inspection, partial (health). Case closed Oct 18, 2023. 1 violation cited (1 other). Penalties: $700 proposed, $700 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Maturecare of Standifer Place, LLC.
Details
- Other than serious: Cited rule TDLWD. Penalty $700 proposed, $700 now. To be fixed by Oct 12, 2023.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Parkridge Medical Center, Chattanooga. 7.5 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Chattanooga Health and Rehab Center, Chattanooga. 2.0 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Amedisys Home Health Chattanooga, Chattanooga. 0.9 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 1.2 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 37421 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fresenius Kidney Care Chattanooga, Chattanooga, 2.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Kidney Care Highway 58, Chattanooga, 3.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Dcc Ooltewah, Ooltewah, 5.1 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 8 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 37421.
Amedisys Hospice, An Adventa Company, office in Chattanooga, 0.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Hospice Of Chattanooga Holdings, LLC, office in Chattanooga, 2.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Caris Healthcare, office in Chattanooga, 3.3 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Memorial Health Partners Foundation Inc, Chattanooga. 6.9 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire relatively low, tornado very high, heat wave relatively low, earthquake relatively moderate. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here relatively low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | No plain statements of services found |
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Frequently asked questions
Is The Health Center at Standifer Place a good nursing home?
CMS gives The Health Center at Standifer Place an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is The Health Center at Standifer Place staffed?
The Health Center at Standifer Place reports 3.97 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Tennessee average of 3.85.
Has The Health Center at Standifer Place had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 5 deficiencies.
How many beds does The Health Center at Standifer Place have?
The Health Center at Standifer Place is certified for 444 beds.