Sterling Care Bethesda is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1989-02-10. 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) 530-1600 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Sterling Care Bethesda holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (2★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 72.8/100, placing it #6967 of 14703 facilities nationally and #116 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 Sterling Care Bethesda receives a reported average of 3 hours 18 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 26 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 56 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 55 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 49 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 2 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 51.9%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 1 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $10,884. 22 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 47.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Sterling Care Bethesda ranks 6967th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 72.8/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within MD, it ranks 116th out of 221 nursing homes. In Bethesda, it ranks 3rd out of 4 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #11,084 nationally and RN hours rank #10,124 nationally (#203 in MD). Our composite quality score of 72.8/100 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 Bethesda, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/maryland/bethesda/