Best Nursing Homes in Maryland — 2026 Rankings

Maryland has 220 CMS-certified skilled nursing facilities. The state averages 50.1 deficiencies per facility, with 0 facilities receiving zero citations in their latest CMS survey cycle. Rankings below are based on official CMS Health Deficiency data.

Top-Ranked Facilities (Fewest Deficiencies)

1. St. Joseph's Nursing Home — Catonsville (2 deficiencies)
2. Maplewood Park Place — Bethesda (5 deficiencies)
3. Garrett County Subacute Unit — Oakland (8 deficiencies)
4. Chestnut Grn Hlth Ctr Blakehur — Towson (9 deficiencies)
5. Edenwald — Towson (9 deficiencies)
6. Broadmead — Cockeysville (10 deficiencies)
7. The Lutheran Village At Miller's Grant — Ellicott City (14 deficiencies)
8. Deer's Head Center — Salisbury (15 deficiencies)
9. Ingleside At King Farm — Rockville (16 deficiencies)
10. Larkin Chase Center — Bowie (16 deficiencies)
11. Friends Nursing Home — Sandy Spring (17 deficiencies)
12. Montcare At Potomac — Potomac (17 deficiencies)
13. Riderwood Village — Silver Spring (18 deficiencies)
14. Roland Park Place — Baltimore (18 deficiencies)
15. St. Mary's Nursing Center Inc — Leonardtown (18 deficiencies)
16. Sterling Care Hillhaven — Adelphi (18 deficiencies)
17. Transitional Care Services At Mercy Medical Center — Baltimore (18 deficiencies)
18. Homewood Living Frederick — Frederick (19 deficiencies)
19. Pickersgill Retirement Community — Towson (19 deficiencies)
20. Sacred Heart Home Inc — Hyattsville (19 deficiencies)
21. Ginger Cove — Annapolis (20 deficiencies)
22. Residences At Vantage Point — Columbia (20 deficiencies)
23. Allegany Health Nursing And Rehab — Cumberland (21 deficiencies)
24. Sterling Care Rockville Nursing — Rockville (21 deficiencies)
25. Asbury Solomons — Solomons (23 deficiencies)

Most-Cited Compliance Areas in Maryland

• Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies — 2,192 citations
• Resident Rights Deficiencies — 2,144 citations
• Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies — 2,108 citations
• Pharmacy Service Deficiencies — 1,141 citations
• Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies — 875 citations

Compare to Other States

• Browse all 50 state rankings
• Maryland SNF Scorecard
• Maryland Compliance Benchmark

Explore POCDesk — Free Nursing Home Compliance Tools

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• Best Nursing Homes by State — ranked by inspection results
• Survey Tracker — recent CMS survey activity
• F-Tag Reference Guide — every CMS deficiency tag
• Plan of Correction (POC) Complete Guide
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• Plan of Correction Examples
• CMS Survey Preparation Guide
• SNF Compliance Guides
• What Is Skilled Nursing Care?

Official Sources

POCDesk analyzes official government data. Verify any facility's record or read the underlying regulations at these primary sources:

• Medicare.gov Care Compare — CMS's official nursing home comparison tool
• CMS Provider Data Catalog — the raw nursing home inspection & deficiency datasets
• CMS Nursing Home Certification & Compliance — enforcement policy and the Special Focus Facility program
• 42 CFR Part 483 (eCFR) — the federal requirements of participation behind every F-Tag
• National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center — free advocacy help for residents and families