Nursing home
Future Care Cold Spring
4700 Harford Road, Baltimore, MD 21214 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Future Care/Lifebridge Health (17 facilities) · 137 certified beds
Future Care Cold Spring is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Baltimore, Maryland. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.68 hours per resident per day, below the Maryland average of 3.87. Its most recent inspection on Oct 7, 2025 cited 20 deficiencies. Note: it carries a CMS abuse icon.
- CMS abuse iconThis facility has an active abuse icon on its CMS record.
- 1 fine totaling $16,042In CMS records: 1 total penalty.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Future Care Cold Spring compares
This facility vs. the Maryland and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Maryland avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.68 | 3.87 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.06 | 0.81 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.83 | 2.15 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 57.1% | 40.6% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 20.0 | 18.9 | 9.5 | above avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
- Every deficiency from the October 7, 2025 inspection was corrected by December 24, 2025
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $16,042, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Future Care Cold Spring
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Keep all essential equipment working safely.
Environmental Deficiencies · Oct 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Oct 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Oct 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Oct 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Oct 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Oct 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.
Administration Deficiencies · Oct 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Oct 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Oct 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Obtain a doctor's order to admit a resident and ensure the resident is under a doctor's care.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Oct 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Oct 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Oct 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 4700 Harford Road
Baltimore, MD 21214 - CMS certification #
- 215253
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 137
- Avg residents/day
- 118.9
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1993-08-12
- Chain
- Future Care/Lifebridge Health (17 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Future Care/Lifebridge Health
Future Care/Lifebridge Health operates 17 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Future Care/Lifebridge Health facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
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Other public records
Full public records, with dates and sources
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
DOL also concluded 1 case here with no violations found, most recently for a period ending Sep 1, 2021.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore. 1.5 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Good Samaritan Nursing Home Operator, LLC, Baltimore. 1.3 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Bayada Home Health Care, Inc., Towson. 3.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 0.7 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 21214 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Coldsprings Dialysis, LLC, Baltimore, 0.0 miles away, straight line
Davita Harford Road Dialysis Center, Baltimore, 0.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Good Samaritan Dialysis, Baltimore, 1.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 7 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 21214.
Amedisys Hospice Of Greater Chesapeake, office in Rosedale, 4.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Stella Maris Inc, office in Timonium, 7.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Heartland Hospice (Baltimore), office in Windsor Mill, 10.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 1 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Medstar Total Elder Care, LLC, Baltimore. 1.5 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: very low. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding very low, wildfire very low, tornado relatively low, heat wave relatively high, earthquake very low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | Not in a mapped zone | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Future Care Cold Spring a good nursing home?
CMS gives Future Care Cold Spring an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Future Care Cold Spring staffed?
Future Care Cold Spring reports 3.68 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Maryland average of 3.87.
Has Future Care Cold Spring had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 20 deficiencies.
How many beds does Future Care Cold Spring have?
Future Care Cold Spring is certified for 137 beds.