Ridgeway Rehab Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1990-11-20. 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 (410) 747-5250 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Ridgeway Rehab Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (2★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 66.4/100, placing it #9803 of 14703 facilities nationally and #157 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 Ridgeway Rehab Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 19 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 53 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 28 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 58 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 50 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. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $37,805. 4 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 1 fine(s) totaling $37,805, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 91.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Ridgeway Rehab Center ranks 9803rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 66.4/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within MD, it ranks 157th out of 221 nursing homes. In Catonsville, it ranks 7th out of 8 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 8th of 9. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #10,936 nationally and RN hours rank #2,833 nationally (#58 in MD). Our composite quality score of 66.4/100 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 Catonsville, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/maryland/catonsville/