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