3/5
CMS (the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) is the federal agency that rates nursing home quality. Its Overall Rating runs from 1 to 5 stars, combining health inspections, staffing, and quality measures, with inspections weighted most heavily.
3/5
CMS (the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) is the federal agency that rates nursing home quality. Its Overall Rating runs from 1 to 5 stars, combining health inspections, staffing, and quality measures, with inspections weighted most heavily.
Dedicated to improving seniors’ well-being, Sterling Care is a distinct senior living community offering assisted living, independent living, skilled nursing care, and rehabilitation across its convenient locations. The community strives to deliver top-notch care and assistance from a dedicated and highly skilled team. Enjoy your golden years doing what you love within the serene spaces of Sterling Care.
Sterling Care fosters a vibrant and welcoming environment, paving the way for residents to gain meaningful interactions and mingle with friends. Combining medical expertise and exceptional comfort, the community ensures seniors are well-cared for in every aspect of their well-being. Sterling Care is ideal for seniors aiming to spend their golden years doing what they love with its incredible amenities and peaceful setting.
The Overall CMS Rating combines results from health inspections, staffing levels and quality measures. Health inspections carry the most weight. Staffing and quality scores can increase or decrease the final rating based on performance compared to state and national standards.
Based on the results of the facility's three most recent standard inspections and any complaint investigations. CMS reviews the number, scope, and severity of deficiencies, with more recent findings weighted more heavily.
Measures average nursing staff hours per resident per day, including Registered Nurses (RNs) and total nursing staff. Ratings are adjusted based on the level of care residents require and are compared to state and national benchmarks.
Based on clinical and physical health indicators reported to CMS, such as hospital readmissions, falls, pressure ulcers, and improvements in mobility. These measures reflect how well residents' health needs are being managed.
Staffing hours
Daily nursing hours per resident by staff type, reported to CMS. Higher is generally better — compare this facility to state and national averages to see where staffing stands.
Hours per resident per day vs Maryland averages
Total nursing care
This home is ranked 89th out of 121 homes in Maryland for nurse hours. Total adjusted nursing hours per resident per day, combining RN, LPN, and aide time. CMS adjusts this for case-mix so facilities can be fairly compared.
3h 13m
15% below state avg
RNs hold the highest nursing license and can assess residents, interpret test results, and direct care plans. More RN hours per day often signals stronger clinical oversight and faster response to health changes.
Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) or Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVNs) deliver routine hands-on care — medication administration, wound dressing, and monitoring vital signs. They work under RN supervision and make up a large share of daily bedside care.
Certified Nurse Aides (CNAs) provide the most direct day-to-day assistance: bathing, dressing, feeding, and mobility. Nurse aide hours are typically the largest staffing category and directly affect residents' quality of life.
Combined nursing hours (RN + LPN + Nurse Aide) per resident per day on weekends. Staffing often drops on weekends — this figure reveals whether the facility maintains adequate coverage outside of weekday hours.
Hours per resident per day provided by licensed Physical Therapists (PTs) or PT Assistants. PT services help residents recover mobility after injury or illness and are especially important for post-acute (short-stay) rehabilitation.
Registered nurse hours specifically on weekends. Facilities sometimes reduce RN presence on Saturdays and Sundays — a low weekend RN figure compared to weekday hours can indicate reduced clinical oversight when most administrative staff are absent.
5 of 6 metrics below state avg
Offers a balance of services and community atmosphere.
Average number of days residents stay at this facility, based on CMS cost report data. Shorter stays often reflect post-acute or rehab care; longer stays reflect long-term care.
In Maryland, the Department of Health, Office of Health Care Quality is the state agency that conducts unannounced inspections and issues reports for all assisted living and nursing facilities.
This scorecard compares key inspection, citation, and complaint metrics at this facility against the Maryland state average. Metrics rated ≥15% worse than average are highlighted in red; those ≥15% better are highlighted in green.
Citations
| This Facility | MD Average | vs. MD Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
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Total citations
Formal regulatory issues recorded by inspectors across all inspection types.
| 54 | 4 | This facility has 1250% more total citations than a typical Maryland nursing home (54 vs. MD avg 4).↑ 1250% worse |
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Citations per inspection
Average citations per inspection.
| 10.8 | 0.8 | This facility has 1250% more citations per inspection than a typical Maryland nursing home (10.8 vs. MD avg 0.8).↑ 1250% worse |
Inspections
| This Facility | MD Average | vs. MD Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
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Total inspections
Combined count of all inspections conducted at this facility.
| 5 | 5 | This facility has total inspections in line with the Maryland average (5 vs. MD avg 5).— At avg |
Federal penalties imposed by CMS for regulatory violations, including civil money penalties (fines) and denials of payment for new Medicare/Medicaid admissions.
Source: CMS Penalties Database
No penalties in the past 3 years
No civil money penalties or payment denials were reported in the last 3 years.
These measures show how residents usually do over time at this home, based on health outcomes and preventive care.
CMS star rating based on long-stay quality measure performance. 5 stars = significantly above average, 1 star = significantly below average.
Number of hospitalizations per 1,000 long-stay resident days.
0.97
27% better than Maryland averageMaryland average: 1.32
Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1,000 long-stay resident days.
1.48
22% worse than Maryland averageMaryland average: 1.21
CMS star rating based on short-stay quality measure performance. 5 stars = much above average, 1 star = much below average.
Percentage of short-stay residents who were re-hospitalized after their nursing home admission.
19.4%
8% better than Maryland averageMaryland average: 21.2%
Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit.
9.8%
In line with Maryland averageMaryland average: 9.9%
Percentage of SNF residents who experience falls with major injury during their stay.
0.0%
100% better than Maryland averageMaryland average: 0.8%
Percentage of residents at or above expected ability to care for themselves at discharge.
62.3%
16% better than Maryland averageMaryland average: 53.7%
Rate of successful return to home or community from a skilled nursing facility.
51.2%
In line with Maryland averageMaryland average: 50.6%
Quality measures are calculated from Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessments. For most measures, lower percentages indicate better care quality.
49% of new residents, usually for short-term rehab.
42% of new residents, often for short stays.
9% of new residents, often for long-term daily care.
Based on CMS SNF Cost Report for fiscal year ending in 12/2023.
Net patient revenue — what the home actually collects for resident care, after contractual allowances, bad debt and discounts are subtracted from its gross charges (CMS cost report, Worksheet G-3). It covers resident care only; money the home earns from other sources is shown separately as "Other income."
Net patient income: net patient revenue minus the home's total operating expenses. A positive figure means it earns more from resident care than it spends to deliver it; a negative figure means the opposite. It excludes non-operating "other income."
Net patient revenue — what the home actually collects for resident care, after contractual allowances, bad debt and discounts are subtracted from its gross charges (CMS cost report, Worksheet G-3). It covers resident care only; money the home earns from other sources is shown separately as "Other income."
Net patient income: net patient revenue minus the home's total operating expenses. A positive figure means it earns more from resident care than it spends to deliver it; a negative figure means the opposite. It excludes non-operating "other income."
Money the home earns outside of resident care — such as investments, grants, rentals and other non-operating sources (CMS cost report, Worksheet G-3). It is tracked separately from net patient revenue: it is not part of that figure, and it is not included in net patient income.
Staff salaries plus wage-related costs — benefits such as payroll taxes, health insurance and retirement — from the home's own accounting records (CMS cost report, Worksheet A). Contract or agency labor is counted separately, under other operating costs.
Rank #46 / 105Payroll costs — State benchmarkedThis home is ranked 46th out of 105 homes in Maryland. Shows total staff payroll — salaries plus wage-related benefits — benchmarked to the Maryland average, among facilities reporting a recent fiscal year. Higher payroll relative to peers often signals better staffing and less reliance on contract labor.Facilities with the same value for a metric share the same rank. Rankings are based only on facilities in Maryland that report data for that category. Facilities without available data are excluded from the ranking.
Payroll as a share of revenue: staff salaries and wage-related benefits divided by net patient revenue. A higher figure means more of each revenue dollar goes to staff pay.
Rank #64 / 105Payroll % of net patient revenue — State benchmarkedThis home is ranked 64th out of 105 homes in Maryland. Shows payroll as a percentage of net patient revenue versus the Maryland average, among facilities reporting a recent fiscal year. Below 25% may signal understaffing or heavy agency use — read with Staffing ratings.Facilities with the same value for a metric share the same rank. Rankings are based only on facilities in Maryland that report data for that category. Facilities without available data are excluded from the ranking.
Everything it costs to run the home apart from payroll — food, utilities, supplies, maintenance, contract labor and administration. Calculated as total operating expense minus payroll (staff salaries and wage-related benefits).
The home's total operating expense for the year — all the costs of running it, salaries included (CMS cost report, Worksheet G-3).
Most residents typically stay for a few weeks or months before returning home or moving on.
New residents most often arrive under Medicare (49% of admissions), and a typical Medicare stay runs around 27 days.
Coverage residents most often arrive under.
Coverage residents most often leave under.
0.9 miles from city center
Estimated distance in miles from Bel Air's city center to Sterling Care's address, calculated via Google Maps.
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Info below is compiled from CMS reports & the MD Dept. of Health (OHCQ), senior community websites & trusted data sources such as Walk Score & BBB.
Communities are listed from highest to lowest based on our ranking methodology.
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78
MD AVG
42
Rank
#170 / 684 |
88.3%
Facility
88.3%
MD AVG
80.3
Rank
#43 / 96 | +10% | 4.50
Facility
4.50
MD AVG
3.77
Rank
#20 / 121 | -22% | +19% | $0
Facility
$0
MD AVG
$65.0k
Rank
#1 / 123 | 33
Facility
33
MD AVG
49.9
Rank
#39 / 123 | 11.0
Facility
11.0
MD AVG
12.8
Rank
#58 / 123 | - | 69 | - |
36
Facility
36
MD AVG
45
Rank
#563 / 953 | - | $11.5MFiscal year ending 12/2023
Facility
$11.5MFiscal year ending 12/2023
MD AVG
$18.4M
Rank
#86 / 105 | $6.1MFiscal year ending 12/2023
Facility
$6.1MFiscal year ending 12/2023
MD AVG
$8.4M
Rank
#56 / 105 | 53%Fiscal year ending 12/2023
Facility
53%Fiscal year ending 12/2023
MD AVG
50.3%
Rank
#24 / 105 | 215359 | ||||
| Citizens Care Center | NH HOS MC RC SNF | Havre De Grace | 184
Facility
184
MD AVG
42
Rank
#15 / 684 |
65.1%
Facility
65.1%
MD AVG
80.3
Rank
#81 / 96 | -19% | 4.61
Facility
4.61
MD AVG
3.77
Rank
#18 / 121 | +17% | +22% | $0
Facility
$0
MD AVG
$65.0k
Rank
#1 / 123 | 42
Facility
42
MD AVG
49.9
Rank
#62 / 123 | 10.5
Facility
10.5
MD AVG
12.8
Rank
#52 / 123 | 1 | 120 | - |
74
Facility
74
MD AVG
45
Rank
#147 / 953 | Peter Panos | $15.5MFiscal year ending 06/2024
Facility
$15.5MFiscal year ending 06/2024
MD AVG
$18.4M
Rank
#62 / 105 | $9.0MFiscal year ending 06/2024
Facility
$9.0MFiscal year ending 06/2024
MD AVG
$8.4M
Rank
#33 / 105 | 58%Fiscal year ending 06/2024
Facility
58%Fiscal year ending 06/2024
MD AVG
50.3%
Rank
#21 / 105 | 215039 |
Sterling Care is located in Bel Air, Maryland.
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Sterling Care is in the East MacPhail Road neighborhood of Bel Air.
Sterling Care has a walk score of 27. Somewhat walkable. A few nearby services may be reachable on foot, but most trips require transportation.
Sterling Care's occupancy is 85.2%.
Sterling Care has been operating for approximately 20 years, based on available licensing and registration records.
No, Sterling Care has a no-pet policy.
Sterling Care is registered as a for-profit in MD.
Sterling Care has had 54 reported citations since 2018 according to records from Maryland Health Care Commission (MHCC).
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