St. Joseph’S Nursing Home is certified as a Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1974-03-31. 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) 747-0026 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

St. Joseph’S Nursing Home holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 5 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (5★), Staffing (1★), 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 90.0/100, placing it #560 of 14703 facilities nationally and #14 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 St. Joseph’S Nursing Home receives a reported average of N/A of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — N/A; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — N/A; Nurse Aide — N/A. On weekends, total nurse staffing is N/A per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 1 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 24.3%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

St. Joseph’S Nursing Home has received zero fines across all five years of available data (2022–2026), reflecting a strong regulatory compliance record. 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 4.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, St. Joseph’S Nursing Home ranks 560th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 90.0/100), placing it in the top 5% nationwide. Within MD, it ranks 14th out of 221 nursing homes. In Catonsville, it ranks 1st out of 8 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 9. For 2025 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,772 nationally and RN hours rank #2,609 nationally (#57 in MD). Our composite quality score of 90.0/100 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/