Transitional Care Services At Mercy Medical Center

Location & what’s nearby

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Nearest of each type, straight-line distance. Hospitals come from the CMS Hospital General Information registry; everything else from Overture Maps (public data). Hospital and park hours are typical — call ahead to confirm.

Quality measures — how residents actually fare

Quality-measure stars summarize outcomes CMS tracks from the assessments each home submits — avoidable hospitalizations and ER visits, falls with injury, pressure ulcers, unplanned weight loss, and long-term antipsychotic use. Because the underlying data is self-reported, weigh a high score against the independent inspection record. Long-stay = permanent residents; short-stay = rehab and post-hospital stays.

Short-stay rehab — if you are coming here from a hospital

Arriving from a hospital right now? Read the discharge guide → — your appeal rights, how to slow a rushed discharge, and what to ask about the numbers below.

66.2% of the Medicare patients who left this home got back to the community and stayed there for at least 31 days — CMS rates that better than the national rate. This is CMS’s risk-adjusted rate over 401 Medicare stays in Oct 2022–Sep 2024, and CMS’s own comparison — not ours.

Met the expected recovery: 56.0% of this home’s Medicare short-stay residents left it at or above the ability to care for themselves and move around that CMS predicted for them, across 184 stays in Oct 2024–Sep 2025. The median of the 11,061 homes CMS publishes this for is 56.6%. Read it beside the getting-home figure, not instead of it: unlike the two measures above, CMS makes no better-or-worse call on this one and publishes no confidence interval for it, so this is a comparison and not a verdict — but it is the short-stay measure that separates homes most, and the one to ask about.

Therapy staffing: this home’s payroll records show 0.91 therapist hours per resident per day in 2026Q1 — more than 96% of the 13,892 homes that report any therapy hours at all.

Weekend therapy: weekend therapy hours are 19% of this home’s weekday level — it runs some therapy at the weekend, at a lower level than on weekdays. The median home that reports therapy runs 13% — weekday-focused therapy is the industry norm, not a shortfall. But recovery does not pause on a Saturday: ask what the weekend actually looks like here.

This section is about rehab stays, not living here. Most of this page — the stars, the quality measures, the inspection record — describes the home the way a permanent resident experiences it. These figures describe the short Medicare stay after a hospital discharge: a hip, a stroke, a bad infection, six weeks and home. They are different residents, different staff, often a different wing. Therapy hours are per resident in the building, not per rehab patient — the count includes every long-stay resident, and they mostly get no therapy at all. So a home with a small rehab wing inside a large nursing population reads low here even if its rehab patients get plenty of therapy, and a mostly-rehab home reads high. Use it to compare homes doing similar work, ask what a rehab resident actually gets in a day, and remember that CMS does not publish therapy minutes per patient — nobody does.

Staffing

How full it usually is: this home is certified for 35 beds and averages 25.6 residents a day — about 73% occupied, or roughly 9 beds typically open. It usually has some room. This is a CMS average, not live availability — no public source publishes real-time vacancies, and a home can be full the day you call. Confirm with the home, and if you need a Medicaid bed specifically, ask about that separately: a home with open beds may still not have an open Medicaid bed.

Against a benchmark — not a legal minimum. In May 2024 CMS finalized the first federal staffing floor for nursing homes: 3.48 total nurse hours per resident per day, including 0.55 RN hours and 2.45 nurse-aide hours. Its hour requirements never took effect and are no longer on the books. Homes had until 2026 (2027 if rural) to comply, and that deadline never arrived: a federal court vacated the hour requirements in April 2025 (CMS has appealed), Congress then barred enforcement until 2034, and CMS formally repealed them by rule effective February 2026. This home is not required to meet these numbers, and is not violating anything by missing them. We still show the comparison because the figures are CMS’s own published estimate of adequate staffing, which makes them a useful yardstick — but they are our benchmark, not federal law: this home’s total nurse staffing of 6.21 hrs/resident/day is at or above the 3.48-hour benchmark and RN staffing of 2.84 is at or above the 0.55-hour RN benchmark and nurse-aide staffing of 2.41 is below the 2.45-hour aide benchmark. What federal law does require today is unchanged: “sufficient” nursing staff for residents’ needs and an RN on duty at least 8 consecutive hours a day, 7 days a week (42 CFR 483.35). Those are judged by inspectors on site, not by these averages, so read this comparison alongside the inspection record rather than as a pass/fail.

Weekend coverage: total nurse staffing is 5.59 hrs/resident/day on weekends vs 6.46 on weekdays — 13% thinner on weekends. RN hours go from 3.05 to 2.32 per resident-day. (Payroll-based daily records; the national median home is 15% thinner on weekends.)

This home’s total nursing-staff turnover of 20% is below the national median of 45%.

Payroll-based (PBJ) staffing hours, as reported for Jan–Mar 2026 (CMS PBJ CY2026Q1) — the most recent quarter CMS has published, so they can lag a change of operator or staffing agency. Higher is generally better. Registered-nurse coverage and weekend staffing are the numbers families most often overlook — an RN on site matters most when something goes wrong, and coverage usually thins on weekends. High turnover means residents rarely see the same caregiver twice. One caveat: these are hours as reported, not adjusted for how sick or heavy-care this home’s residents are. CMS separately publishes a case-mix-adjusted view; we show the reported hours. A home caring for higher-acuity residents needs more hours to deliver the same care, so compare these figures against homes doing similar work, and read them next to the inspection record rather than alone.

Inspection trend

Deficiencies are fewer than at the previous inspection — improving. Fewer citations over time suggests a home is fixing problems; a rising count is a warning sign — though two surveys are a short record, and survey teams differ. These counts are from the standard annual health survey only; the full citation list below may also include findings from complaint investigations, so the two won’t always add up.

Inspection deficiencies

State health-inspection citations, most serious first. Each carries an F-code (the federal rule it cites, e.g. F-684 = quality of care) and a letter A–L marking how serious and how widespread the problem was — we translate that grid into the plain tiers shown here. Wording is the official federal description.

Each letter is a CMS scope-severity level; highlighted ones are where this home has citations. A–C = no harm found; D–F = potential for harm; G–I = actual harm; J–L = immediate jeopardy. Within each band the later letter is the more widespread finding (an isolated G is one resident; a widespread I is a pattern), so rightward and downward is worse.

18 citations, most serious first. The 10 most serious are shown; the remaining 8 are one tap away and print in full.

• Potential for harm · E2025-11-21 · tag F0578 — failed to honor advance directives / code status — pattern
  Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on medical record review and staff interviews, it was determined that the facility failed to ensure the resident/responsible party was offered the opportunity to develop an advance directive for 4 (#18, #2, #12, #13) of 4 sampled residents for advance directives during the annual survey. The findings include:An advance directive is a written statement of a person's wishes regarding medical treatment, often including a living will, made to ensure those wishes are carried out should the person be unable to communicate them to a doctor. It is a legal document in which a person specifies what actions should be taken for their health if they are no longer able to make decisions for themselves because of illness or incapacity.A Maryland MOLST (Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) form is used for documenting a resident's specific wishes related to life-sustaining treatments. The MOLST form includes medical orders for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and other medical personnel regarding cardiopulmonary…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Rights Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2025-11-21 · tag F0641 — isolated
  Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on medical record review and staff interview, it was determined the facility staff failed to ensure Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessments were accurately coded. This was evident for 2 (Residents #12, #9) of 4 residents reviewed for nutrition during the annual survey. The findings include: The MDS is part of the Resident Assessment Instrument that was Federally mandated in legislation passed in 1986. The MDS is a set of assessment screening items employed as part of a standardized, reproducible, and comprehensive assessment process that ensures each resident's individual needs are identified, that care is planned based on those individualized needs, and that the care is provided as planned to meet the needs of each resident. 1) On 11/19/25 at 12:44 PM Resident #12's medical record was reviewed and revealed the resident was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with a weight of 90.5 lbs. There was also a weight of 104 lbs. documented in the medical record from 10/28/25, the date of discharge from the acute care…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2025-11-21 · tag F0655 — isolated
  Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on medical record review and staff interview it was determined that the facility staff failed to ensure a resident had a baseline care plan created and initiated within 48 hours of admission to the facility. This was evident for 1 (Resident #12) out of 12 residents reviewed during the annual survey. The findings are:The baseline care plan is given to residents within 48 hours of their admission and details a variety of components of the care that the facility intends to provide to that resident. In addition to the baseline care plan, residents are also expected to receive a list of their admission medications. This allows residents and their representatives to be more informed about the care that they receive.On 11/20/25 at 1:04 PM a review of Resident #12's medical record revealed the resident was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnoses that included, but were not limited to, a new diagnosed NET of liver, COPD, hypertension, and ambulatory dysfunction. Liver NET refers to neuroendocrine tumor…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2025-11-21 · tag F0692 — failed to prevent malnutrition and dehydration — isolated
  Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on medical record review and interview, the facility staff failed to thoroughly assess and monitor residents at risk for weight loss. This was evident for 3 (Resident #9, #36, #12) of 4 residents reviewed for nutrition during an annual survey.The findings include: 1) Review of Resident #9's medical record on 11/19/25 revealed the Resident was admitted to the facility on [DATE] and the facility staff documented the Resident's weight to be 169 pounds. Further review of Resident #9's medical record revealed the Resident was assessed by Dietitian #1 on 11/4/25 and documented the Resident had Nutrition Diagnosis #1 Moderate acute disease or injury related to malnutrition and Nutrition Diagnosis #2 Inadequate oral intake. Dietitian #1 documented the Resident will be High and re-evaluated every 5-7 days. At that time Dietitian #1 recommended supplements. Further review of Resident #9's medical record revealed Dietitian #1 assessed the Resident on 11/7/25 and recommended adding some preferred foods to the…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · E2024-04-02 · tag F0657 — failed to keep the care plan current — pattern
  Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observation, medical record review, and interview, it was determined the facility staff failed to: 1) review and revise resident care plans to reflect accurate and current interventions, and 2) ensure the full interdisciplinary team including residents and/or their responsible parties were invited to the care plan meetings and 3) have care plan meetings for residents who had been in the facility 21 days or more. This was evident for 4 (#4, #12, #13, #15) of 27 residents reviewed during a recertification survey. The findings include: A care plan is a guide that addresses the unique needs of each resident. It is used to plan, assess, and evaluate the effectiveness of the resident's care. Tube feeding is a way of getting your body the nutrition it needs. Tube feed is a liquid form of food that's carried through your body through a flexible tube (feeding tube). The nutrients within the tube feed are similar to what you would get from normal food. They are also digested in the same way. Tube feeds contain…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2024-04-02 · tag F0550 — failed to protect resident dignity and rights — isolated
  Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation and interview, it was determined the facility staff failed to treat each resident in a dignified manner by: 1) leaving a breakfast tray in the resident's closet, 2) leaving urinals hanging on the trash can in the resident's room, and 3) serving breakfast on a bedside table that had a urinal containing urine. This was evident for 2 (Resident #4, #12) of 27 residents reviewed during the survey. The findings include: 1) During an initial observation of Resident #4 on 3/25/2024 at 8:45 AM, surveyor observed a breakfast tray dated 3/25/2024 and pillows in two transparent bags in the resident's closet. NPO (nothing by mouth) signage was noted on the resident's room door. Resident #4 stated s/he did not know why and/or who placed the breakfast tray in the closet. On 3/25/2024 at 8:55 AM, the charge nurse, Registered Nurse (RN #17) was notified of surveyor's observation. RN #17 went into Resident #4's room and validated surveyor's findings. RN #17 stated the pillows in the two transparent bags were extra pillows. RN #17 further stated that the breakfast tray should not…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Rights Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2024-04-02 · tag F0584 — failed to keep a safe, clean, comfortable home — isolated
  Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observation and interviews it was determined that the facility failed to maintain a comfortable homelike environment as evidenced of a resident having stained ceiling tile, rust near the trim in a resident's bathroom, fluid stains on the wall in a resident's room, and damaged drywall in a resident's room. This deficient practice was evidenced in 4 rooms of 8 rooms assessed for a homelike environment during the survey. The findings include: On 03/25/24 at 8:39 am during observation rounds upon entering room [ROOM NUMBER] the surveyor observed a stained ceiling tile in the resident's room. Nursing Tech #11 confirmed the surveyor's findings. On 03/25/24 at 8:46 am the surveyor observed discolored tile behind the commode near the trim in room [ROOM NUMBER] bathroom. Director of Nursing #2 confirmed the surveyor's findings. On 03/25/24 at 9:18 am during observations rounds Resident # 8 was in their room sitting in the chair. The surveyor observed the drywall behind the chair was damaged. Administrator #1…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Rights Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2024-04-02 · tag F0623 — isolated
  Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on medical record review and staff interview it was determined the facility failed to notify the resident/resident representative (RP) in writing of a transfer/discharge of a resident along with the reason for the transfer and failed to send a copy to the ombudsman. This was evident for 2 (#7, #17) of 2 residents reviewed for hospitalization during a recertification survey. The findings include: 1) Review of the medical record for Resident #7 on 4/1/2024 at 12:00 PM revealed Resident #7 was originally admitted to the facility on [DATE] from the hospital. Further review of the medical record revealed that Resident #7 was transferred back to the hospital emergency department (ED) on 2/24/2024 for a change in mental status. However, there was no documentation and/or evidence in the record indicating that the facility staff notified the resident/resident's representative (RP) in writing of the reason for the transfer/discharge to the acute care facility on the above date/time the resident was transferred out.…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Rights Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2024-04-02 · tag F0625 — isolated
  Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on medical record review and staff interview it was determined the facility failed to notify the resident/resident representative in writing of the bed-hold policy upon transfer of a resident to an acute care facility. This was evident for 2 (#7, #17) of 2 residents reviewed for hospitalization during a recertification survey. The findings include: The bed-hold policy describes the facility's policy of holding or reserving a resident's bed while the resident is absent from the facility for therapeutic leave or hospitalization. 1) Review of the medical record for Resident #7 on 4/1/2024 at 12:00 PM revealed Resident #7 was originally admitted to the facility on [DATE] from the hospital. Further review of the medical record revealed that Resident #7 was transferred back to the hospital emergency department (ED) on 2/24/2024 for a change in mental status. Medical record documentation revealed that Resident #7's responsible party (RP) was notified of the transfer via telephone, however, there was no written…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Rights Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2024-04-02 · tag F0679 — failed to provide activities — isolated
  Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on record review and interview it was determined that the facility failed to provide person centered Activities that incorporated the resident's interests. This deficient practice was evidenced in 3 (#8, #13, and #170) of 3 residents who verbalized they didn't know the facility offered Activities. The findings include: On 03/25/24 at 1:38 pm during an interview with Resident #13, he/she verbalized the facility does not offer Activities. Nobody told him/her that they have Activities for the patients. 03/26/24 09:40 am during an interview with Resident #170 he/she verbalized not knowing the facility offered Activities. On 03/26/24 at 9:55 am during an interview with Resident #8 he/she verbalized not being aware if the facility offers Activities for them. On 03/28/24 10:48 am during an interview with Patient Service Representative #18 who verbalized they do not have Activities at this time. On 03/28/24 10:57 am During an interview with Administrator #1 who reported they have volunteers 3 times a week who can…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction

“Cited before” means this same F-tag appears on at least one other survey date in the record we hold — counting complaint investigations as well as standard surveys, with no time limit. It is our own read of the data, not CMS’s: CMS uses repeat deficiency as a formal term tied to consecutive standard surveys, and that is a narrower test than this one. A tag marked here may or may not meet it.

Fines & penalties

No federal fines in the current CMS record.

Who owns this facility

CMS files one row per role, so the 8 rows in the source record cover these 6 parties — each is shown once here with every role it holds. Nothing is omitted.

2 organizational owners listed — a facility can be part of a larger chain. CMS ownership data is known to under-report private-equity and REIT ties; treat as a starting point.

What families pay in MD