Western Md Hospital Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1977-09-01. 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) 745-4200 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Western Md Hospital Center 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 (5★), 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 93.3/100, placing it #261 of 14703 facilities nationally and #5 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 Western Md Hospital Center receives a reported average of 6 hours 29 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 2 hours 21 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 1 minute; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 7 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 6 hours per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 19.7%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $24,060. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $24,060, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 227.5 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Western Md Hospital Center ranks 261st out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 93.3/100), placing it in the top 5% nationwide. Within MD, it ranks 5th out of 221 nursing homes. In Hagerstown, it ranks 1st out of 6 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #234 nationally and RN hours rank #159 nationally (#4 in MD). Our composite quality score of 93.3/100 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 Hagerstown, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/maryland/hagerstown/