The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited May 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: E
Nursing home report
BALTIMORE, MD · Medicare-certified · 146 beds
Overall 4 out of 5 stars. GOOD SAMARITAN NURSING HOME in Baltimore has solid ratings overall, with 4 stars for health inspections and quality measures, 3 stars for staffing, no fines in the last 24 months, and reported nurse staffing at 3.88 hours per resident per day versus the federal benchmark of 4.1.
Health inspections
Staffing
3.8751 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.8751.
Hours per resident per day.
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
Residents with a fall causing major injury
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
Residents with a urinary tract infection
Residents who lost too much weight
Residents who were physically restrained
Residents needing more help with daily activities
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
Residents with a long-term catheter
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
Residents with depressive symptoms
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited May 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: E
The home failed to ensure residents’ medications were free from unnecessary drugs. Cited July 2021 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 757 — 42 CFR §483.45(d) — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to make sure each resident got an accurate assessment of their needs and condition. Cited August 2018 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 641 — 42 CFR §483.20(g) — S/S: E
The home failed to complete and keep the resident’s care plan properly prepared, reviewed, and updated by the right health professionals. Cited August 2018 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 657 — 42 CFR §483.21(b)(2) — S/S: E
The home failed to have an ongoing quality review group that finds problems and makes corrective plans. Cited August 2018 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 867 — 42 CFR §483.75 — S/S: E
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
Health inspection found 12 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 5 health deficiencies.
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.