Bay Harbor Post Acute Healthcare Center
Nursing home in Salisbury, Maryland, CMS certification number 215067
200 Civic Avenue, Salisbury, MD 21804 · Wicomico County
- CMS overall rating
- 2 of 5 stars
- Certified beds
- 305
- Certified for
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Last standard inspection
- April 17, 2026
- Deficiencies at that inspection
- 29
- Fines in 3 years
- $92,663 (3)
Does Bay Harbor Post Acute Healthcare Center take Medicare and Medicaid?
Yes to both. Bay Harbor Post Acute Healthcare Center is certified for Medicare and Medicaid. Medicare can pay for a short skilled stay after a qualifying hospital stay; Medicaid can pay for long-term care once you qualify.
Certification isn't a promise of an open bed. Ask how many Medicaid beds it has free and whether it keeps residents who move from Medicare to Medicaid. Our guide explains what Medicare pays for.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every certified nursing home from 1 to 5 stars. The overall rating starts from health inspections, then moves up or down for staffing and quality. These come from the CMS Provider Information, October 2026 release.
| Measure | CMS stars |
|---|---|
| Overall | 2 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 1 of 5 |
| Staffing | 2 of 5 |
| Quality of resident care | 5 of 5 |
| Long-stay quality | 5 of 5 |
| Short-stay quality | 4 of 5 |
Nurse staffing hours and turnover
These are the hours Bay Harbor Post Acute Healthcare Center reported to CMS, split across residents and days. More hours per resident usually means more hands at the bedside.
- Total nurse hours per resident per day
- 3.53
- Registered nurse hours
- 0.65
- Licensed practical nurse hours
- 0.50
- Nurse aide hours
- 2.38
- Weekend total hours
- 3.13
- Nursing staff turnover
- 46.1%
- Registered nurse turnover
- 40.5%
- Administrators who left
- 1
Health inspections and complaints
Inspectors last made a standard visit on April 17, 2026 and cited 29 deficiencies, plus 15 from complaint visits.
The visit before, on January 17, 2025, found 41.
CMS shows an abuse icon for Bay Harbor Post Acute Healthcare Center. That means inspectors cited it for abuse, neglect or exploitation in the past year or two.
It is a candidate for the CMS special focus program. CMS puts homes with a long record of serious problems on this list for extra inspections.
Read every citation on the CMS Care Compare page.
Fines and payment denials
CMS fined Bay Harbor Post Acute Healthcare Center 3 times in the past 3 years, for $92,663 in total.
It also had 1 payment denial, when Medicare stopped paying for new admissions for a time.
Beds and residents
On an average day 233.8 residents live here, about 77% of its 305 certified beds.
- Certified beds
- 305
- Average residents per day
- 233.8
- Certified since
- July 14, 1969
- Resident or family council
- Both
Who owns Bay Harbor Post Acute Healthcare Center
- Legal business name
- Bay Harbor Operator LLC
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain
- 90 homes nationally under Marquis Health Services, 3-star chain average
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- Snow Hill Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center430 West Market Street, Snow Hill 21863
Who inspects nursing homes in Maryland
Maryland's state survey agency licenses nursing homes and carries out the federal inspections for CMS. A home must keep its state licence and meet the federal rules to take Medicare or Medicaid.
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Is this your facility?
If you run Bay Harbor Post Acute Healthcare Center, email contact@assistedlivingaccess.com from your work address. We can add your own rates, photos and contact details next to the state record, or take the listing down.
Questions about Bay Harbor Post Acute Healthcare Center
What is the CMS star rating of Bay Harbor Post Acute Healthcare Center?
2 out of 5 stars overall.
Does Bay Harbor Post Acute Healthcare Center accept Medicaid?
Yes, it is Medicaid certified.
What did inspectors find at Bay Harbor Post Acute Healthcare Center?
29 cited at the last standard visit.
Who owns Bay Harbor Post Acute Healthcare Center?
Bay Harbor Operator LLC, for profit - limited liability company.
From the federal record: CMS Care Compare and the CMS Provider Information dataset, October 2026 release.