Ginger Cove is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1988-09-16. 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) 266-7300 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Ginger Cove 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 (5★), Staffing (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (1★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 62.7/100, placing it #11184 of 14703 facilities nationally and #180 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 Ginger Cove receives a reported average of 5 hours of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 42 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 48 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 30 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 28 minutes 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 44.2%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 6 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $4,956. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. 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 29.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Ginger Cove ranks 11184th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 62.7/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within MD, it ranks 180th out of 221 nursing homes. In Annapolis, it ranks 3rd out of 4 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,226 nationally and RN hours rank #380 nationally (#8 in MD). Our composite quality score of 62.7/100 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 Annapolis, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/maryland/annapolis/