Autumn Lake Healthcare At Ballenger Creek is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1969-12-05. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (301) 663-5181 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Autumn Lake Healthcare At Ballenger Creek holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 2 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (1★), Staffing (3★), and Quality of Resident Care (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 77.7/100, placing it #4687 of 14703 facilities nationally and #79 of 221 in Maryland. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Autumn Lake Healthcare At Ballenger Creek receives a reported average of 3 hours 44 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 38 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 5 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 27 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 34.4%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 2 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $162,052. 10 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 192.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Autumn Lake Healthcare At Ballenger Creek ranks 4687th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 77.7/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within MD, it ranks 79th out of 221 nursing homes. In Frederick, it ranks 5th out of 6 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #6,891 nationally and RN hours rank #5,980 nationally (#131 in MD). Our composite quality score of 77.7/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Frederick, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/maryland/frederick/