Maryland Nursing Home Ratings & Inspection Results — 2026
Maryland has 220 CMS-certified skilled nursing facilities. For the 220 facilities with linked history (220 of 220), there are 11,028 cited deficiencies, averaging 50.1 per covered facility; 0 have zero citations in the loaded history, including 99 coded at Immediate Jeopardy severity. Figures are descriptive summaries of CMS Health Deficiencies records loaded by POCDesk, not official CMS ratings.
Most-Cited Deficiency Categories 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
- Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies — 624 citations
Most-Cited F-Tags in Maryland
- F-Tag F0842: Resident Records-Identifiable Information — 460 citations
- F-Tag F0684: Quality of Care — 420 citations
- F-Tag F0656: Develop/Implement Comprehensive Care Plan — 400 citations
- F-Tag F0657: Care Plan Timing and Revision — 399 citations
- F-Tag F0880: Infection Prevention & Control — 350 citations
- F-Tag F0812: Food Procurement Store/Prepare/Serve-Sanitary — 325 citations
- F-Tag F0584: Safe/Clean/Comfortable/Homelike Environment — 289 citations
- F-Tag F0689: Free of Accident Hazards/Supervision/Devices — 286 citations
- F-Tag F0641: Accuracy of Assessments — 280 citations
- F-Tag F0609: Reporting of Alleged Violations — 274 citations
Sources and methodology
Source: CMS nursing-home Provider Data. POCDesk aggregates citations present in the loaded Health Deficiencies records; it does not create CMS ratings or recommendations. See the editorial standards and methodology and 42 CFR Part 483.
More Maryland Compliance Data
- Maryland Compliance Benchmark
- Maryland State Compliance Guide
- Maryland Survey Tracker
- Best Nursing Homes in Maryland
Explore POCDesk — Free Nursing Home Compliance Tools
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- Nursing Home Compare Tool — side-by-side comparisons
- Skilled Nursing Near Me — find facilities by city & state
- 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
- Practical SNF Answers
- 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