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Deer's Head Center

Nursing home in Salisbury, MD

Medicare & Medicaid certified5★ overall (CMS)

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Public-record details

Address
351 Deer's Head Hospital Road, Salisbury, MD 21801
Phone
(410) 543-4000
Listed under
Government-owned, 4–5 star overall rating
Medicare CCN
215132
Overall star rating
5 of 5 ★★★★★
Health inspection rating
5 of 5
Staffing rating
5 of 5
Quality measures rating
3 of 5
Certified beds
80
Average residents per day
32
Ownership
Government, state
Legal business name
Comptroller of Maryland Central Payroll Bureau
Certified for
Medicare and Medicaid
First approved by Medicare/Medicaid
Jul 28, 1981
Changed ownership in last 12 months
No
Continuing care retirement community
No
Located inside a hospital
No
Resident or family council
Resident council
Sprinklers in all required areas
Yes

CMS certification number 215132. Source: CMS Nursing Home Provider Information, Health Deficiencies and Penalties (record). Data as of 2026-09-30.

Inspection record

Most recent standard health inspection: Dec 16, 2025. CMS lists 19 health citations for this facility across its last three standard inspection cycles and complaint inspections (Sep 5, 2019 to Dec 16, 2025): 3 from complaint inspections, 1 at the “actual harm” level or higher.

InspectionCitationSeverity
Dec 16, 2025Post nurse staffing information every day.
Nursing and Physician Services		B
Potential for minimal harm, pattern
Dec 16, 2025Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance…
Resident Rights		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Dec 16, 2025Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Dec 16, 2025Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Pharmacy Service		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Dec 16, 2025Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Dec 16, 2025Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Dec 16, 2025Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Environmental		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Jul 12, 2024Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Resident Rights		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Jul 12, 2024Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
Resident Rights		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Jul 12, 2024Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and…
Pharmacy Service		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Jul 12, 2024Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Jul 12, 2024Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated

Showing the 12 most recent of 19. Full inspection reports are on Medicare Care Compare.

Severity letters follow CMS's scope-and-severity grid: A–C potential for minimal harm, D–F potential for more than minimal harm, G–I actual harm, J–L immediate jeopardy. Most citations are corrected; a citation is what inspectors found on that date. Source: CMS Health Deficiencies file, processed Aug 1, 2026.

Fines and payment denials

CMS records 1 fine totalling $41,265 in the last three years.

Jul 12, 2024Fine: $41,265

Source: CMS Penalties file, processed Aug 1, 2026. Amounts are as CMS reports them and may reflect later reductions or appeals.

Staffing

Total nurse staffing per resident per day
9.55 hours
Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day
4.58 hours
Nurse aide time per resident per day
4.21 hours
Total nurse staffing on weekends
7.51 hours
Nursing staff turnover (yearly)
31%
RN turnover (yearly)
13%

From payroll-based staffing data the facility submits to CMS. Hours are per resident per day.

A citation is what inspectors found on one date; most are corrected within weeks. Look for patterns — the same problem cited in several inspections — and for anything at the G–L level (actual harm or immediate jeopardy). The full inspection narrative (Form CMS-2567) is linked from Medicare Care Compare, and your state long-term care ombudsman can tell you about complaints.

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