South Mountain Rehab Center
A nursing home in Boonsboro, Maryland 21713
141 South Main Street, Boonsboro, Maryland 21713. (301) 432-5457.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.
- 3of 5 CMS’s overall rating
- 5 health citations at the latest inspection cycle Maryland average: 17.0
- 3.42 nurse hours per resident per day Maryland average: 3.93
- 1 fine in the last three years (needs attention)
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean8
- Star ratings
- CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- Scope and severity (A to L)
- CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7).
- Nurse staffing hours
- The hours registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and nurse aides worked, per resident per day, from the payroll records each home sends CMS. Source: CMS, Payroll-Based Journal.
- Fines and payment denials
- A fine (civil money penalty) is money CMS makes a nursing home pay when it falls short of federal rules. A payment denial means Medicare and Medicaid stop paying for new admissions until the home meets the rules again. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.430 and 488.417.
- Immediate jeopardy
- CMS’s most serious finding: the place’s failure to meet a rule caused, or was likely to cause, serious injury, harm, impairment or death to someone in its care. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 489.3.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
5 health citations at the latest inspection cycle
The Maryland average is 17.0.
Last standard inspection Mar 6, 2026.
Most serious in three years: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (J), at a complaint inspection on Apr 22, 2026
CMS, Provider Information, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
When those citations happened
35 citations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. Most serious: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (J). The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
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Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
All 35 citations in the last three years
Grouped by inspection, newest first. Each carries CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7)., from A, the least serious, to L, the most. 6 came from complaint inspections.
CMS, Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
Apr 22, 2026: complaint inspection1 citation
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Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Mar 6, 2026: standard inspection4 citations
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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.
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Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident’s needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
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Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
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Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Dec 20, 2024: standard inspection25 citations
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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.
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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.
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Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.
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Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
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Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
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PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
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Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident’s most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
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Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
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Provide activities to meet all resident’s needs.
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Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
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Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident’s health.
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Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
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Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
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Verify that a nurse aide has been trained; and if they haven’t worked as a nurse aide for 2 years, receive retraining.
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Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
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Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
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Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
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Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
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Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
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Provide special eating equipment and utensils for residents who need them and appropriate assistance.
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Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
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Ensure the facility is licensed under applicable State and local law and operates and provides services in compliance with all applicable Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, and codes, and with accepted professional standards.
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Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.
Dec 20, 2024: standard and complaint inspection5 citations
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Immediately tell the resident, the resident’s doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
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Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
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Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
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Not transfer or discharge a resident without an adequate reason; and must provide documentation and convey specific information when a resident is transferred or discharged.
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Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Is it certified, and in good standing?
- Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since Apr 1, 1983.
- Not on CMS’s special focus list.
- No abuse icon from CMS.
- No change of ownership in the last 12 months.
- CMS lists its ownership as for profit, limited liability company.
- 157 certified beds.
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
Has it been fined or penalized?
- 1 fine in the last three years, $22,205 in all.
- No Medicare payment denials in the last three years.
- 6 citations in the last three years came from complaint inspections.
CMS, Penalties and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Date | Kind | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2026 | Fine | $22,205 |
Who does the caring?
3.42 nurse hours per resident per day
The Maryland average is 3.93.
CMS publishes staffing about four months after the fact.
CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Measure | This home | Maryland average |
|---|---|---|
| Nurse hours per resident per day | 3.42 | 3.93 |
| Of which registered nurses | 0.57 | 0.88 |
| At weekends | 3.15 | 3.49 |
| Nursing staff turnover | 51.4% | 40.2% |
| Registered nurse turnover | 53.6% | 37.8% |
| Administrators who left | 0 | Not given |
Who owns it?
- Glen ECHO Holdings LLC owns 100% directly since Mar 1, 2025; Glen ECHO Holdings LLC owns 100% directly since Mar 1, 2025.
- Healthcare Services Group Inc. and Cibc Bank USA run it.
- 12 owners or officers are people: Steven B Hornung (holds 5% or more security interest); Serina Sladky (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Carrie Cline (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Carrie Cline (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Terri Stine (on the governing body (managing control)); Terri Stine (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Andres Eduardo Salazar (on the governing body (managing control)); Andres Eduardo Salazar (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Aaron Noah Kaminer (holds 5% or more security interest); Nicole Bohrer-Banzhoff (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Nicole Bohrer-Banzhoff (on the governing body (managing control)); Nicole Bohrer-Banzhoff (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)).
- No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
- No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
CMS, All Owners. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly.
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Organisation | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oberon CORE Holdings | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Mar 1, 2025 |
| Oberon CORE Holdings | Owns a share through other companies | 100% | Mar 1, 2025 |
| Glen ECHO Holdings LLC | Owns 5% or more directly | 100% | Mar 1, 2025 |
| Glen ECHO Holdings LLC | Holds 5% or more security interest | 100% | Mar 1, 2025 |
| Glen ECHO Holdings LLC | Owns a share directly | 100% | Mar 1, 2025 |
| Cibc Bank USA | Holds 5% or more security interest | 100% | Mar 1, 2025 |
| Zambry Holdings LLC | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 50% | Mar 1, 2025 |
| Zambry Holdings LLC | Owns a share through other companies | 50% | Mar 1, 2025 |
| MD SANS Holdings LLC | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 50% | Mar 1, 2025 |
| MD SANS Holdings LLC | Owns a share through other companies | 50% | Mar 1, 2025 |
| MD Sans Mars 2024 Trust | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 25% | Mar 1, 2025 |
| MD Sans Mars 2024 Trust | Owns a share through other companies | 25% | Mar 1, 2025 |
| Zambry Venus 2024 Trust | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 25% | Mar 1, 2025 |
| Zambry Venus 2024 Trust | Owns a share through other companies | 25% | Mar 1, 2025 |
| Zambry Mars 2024 Trust | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 25% | Mar 1, 2025 |
| Zambry Mars 2024 Trust | Owns a share through other companies | 25% | Mar 1, 2025 |
| MD Sans Venus 2024 Trust | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 25% | Mar 1, 2025 |
| MD Sans Venus 2024 Trust | Owns a share through other companies | 25% | Mar 1, 2025 |
| One Kaylor Circle MD LLC | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Mar 1, 2025 | |
| Dialyze Direct MD LLC | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Mar 1, 2025 | |
| Brand Sonnenschine LLP | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Mar 1, 2025 | |
| Healthcare Services Group Inc. | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | Mar 1, 2025 | |
| Healthcare Services Group Inc. | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Apr 2, 2025 | |
| Z-Radar LLC | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Mar 1, 2025 | |
| MD Sapphire LLC | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Mar 1, 2025 | |
| Schiavi Wallace & Rowe PC | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Mar 1, 2025 | |
| Cibc Bank USA | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | Mar 1, 2025 | |
| Cibc Bank USA | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Apr 2, 2025 | |
| Accord Consultants | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Mar 1, 2025 |
How do residents fare?
- CMS rates its quality measures 3 of 5 (Maryland average 4.1).
CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Measure | Rating |
|---|---|
| Overall rating | 3 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 3 of 5 |
| Staffing | 2 of 5 |
| Quality measures | 3 of 5 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Among the 12 nearest homes, within 12.4 miles, this one had the 11th most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (5; the middle value was 13).
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Place | Miles away | Citations, latest cycle |
|---|---|---|
| South Mountain Rehab Center This nursing home | 5 | |
| Fahrney-Keedy Memorial Home | 3.2 | 2 |
| Creekside Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing | 8.6 | 23 |
| Julia Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | 9.7 | 21 |
| Hagerstown Healthcare Center | 9.7 | 21 |
| Canterbury Center | 10.1 | 12 |
| Autumn Lake Healthcare at Braddock Heights | 10.4 | 17 |
| Homewood Living Williamsport | 10.7 | 9 |
| Williamsport Health and Rehabilitation Center | 11.3 | 39 |
| Coffman Nursing Home | 11.7 | 14 |
| Western MD Hospital Center | 11.9 | 7 |
| Citizens Care and Rehabilitation Center of Frederi | 12.4 | 10 |
What the record doesn’t say
- Complaints that didn’t lead to a citation aren’t published.
- Inspections reach CMS’s data about six weeks after they happen, and staffing about four months after.
- CMS publishes the inspectors’ full written findings in a separate monthly file, which isn’t loaded yet.
- Fines and Medicare payment denials are the only enforcement CMS publishes; state licence actions aren’t included.
Sources
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Provider Information (4pq5-n9py).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health Deficiencies (r5ix-sfxw).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Penalties (g6vv-u9sr).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, All Owners (afe44b85-cc6d-40d7-b5df-00ae8910d1d2).
Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, State and US Averages (xcdc-v8bm).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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