Managed Care · MD
Maryland
High opportunity · score 69
MA penetration is well below average — strong room for managed-care contracts.
State MA penetration
25.5%
National rank #47 · National avg 47.8%
-22.34 pp vs national
298,028
MA beneficiaries (rolled up)
1,170,380
Medicare eligibles
24
Counties indexed
221
SNFs in state
MA beneficiaries · 2016–2022
YoY change: +123.4%
SNF utilization rate (MA enrollees)
Share of MA beneficiaries with a SNF stay each year (CMS MA GV PUF).
Most saturated counties
- 38.4%Baltimore City38,611 of 100,581 eligibles
- 32.2%Prince George's49,250 of 152,793 eligibles
- 30.1%Somerset1,619 of 5,373 eligibles
- 26.7%Wicomico5,798 of 21,689 eligibles
- 26.3%Baltimore45,685 of 173,975 eligibles
- 25.7%Charles7,366 of 28,701 eligibles
- 25.6%Dorchester2,271 of 8,878 eligibles
- 25.2%Washington8,507 of 33,787 eligibles
- 24.8%Harford13,809 of 55,620 eligibles
- 24.4%Worcester4,187 of 17,183 eligibles
Highest opportunity counties
- 15.5%Talbot12,234 eligibles · 1,894 enrolled
- 15.8%Calvert18,910 eligibles · 2,979 enrolled
- 16.7%Queen Anne's13,087 eligibles · 2,181 enrolled
- 17.8%St. Mary's19,772 eligibles · 3,509 enrolled
- 17.8%Kent6,090 eligibles · 1,084 enrolled
- 17.9%Allegany17,189 eligibles · 3,070 enrolled
- 20.3%Carroll37,595 eligibles · 7,626 enrolled
- 20.4%Howard57,264 eligibles · 11,670 enrolled
- 20.7%Anne Arundel108,400 eligibles · 22,472 enrolled
- 20.8%Frederick51,730 eligibles · 10,755 enrolled
Top MA payers in Maryland
295,092 total MA enrolled- 1KAISER FDTN HLTH PLAN OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES74,84025.4%
- 2CAREFIRST ADVANTAGE PPO, INC.42,63014.4%
- 3AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY33,76711.4%
- 4HUMANA INSURANCE COMPANY25,2058.5%
- 5SIERRA HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.19,4756.6%
- 6UNITEDHEALTHCARE OF THE MID-ATLANTIC, INC.15,5545.3%
- 7HOPKINS HEALTH ADVANTAGE, INC.14,4714.9%
- 8ALTERWOOD ADVANTAGE, INC.13,4604.6%
- 9EMPHESYS INSURANCE COMPANY12,9324.4%
- 10HUMANA WI HEALTH ORGANIZATION INSURANCE CORP12,3104.2%
- 11BRAVO HEALTH MID-ATLANTIC, INC.10,2243.5%
- 12CAREFIRST ADVANTAGE DSNP, INC.8,7543.0%
- 13UNITEDHEALTHCARE INSURANCE COMPANY6,1122.1%
- 14CARE IMPROVEMENT PLUS SOUTH CENTRAL INSURANCE CO.1,6920.6%
- 15ANTHEM INSURANCE COMPANIES, INC.1,2950.4%
Top-rated SNFs in Maryland
221 total- COMPLETE CARE AT ANNAPOLISANNAPOLIS, MD · Anne Arundel County · 97 beds5★
- ALICE BYRD TAWES NURSING HOMECRISFIELD, MD · Somerset County · 76 beds5★
- MONTCARE AT BETHESDABETHESDA, MD · Montgomery County · 120 beds5★
- REGENCY CARE OF SILVER SPRING, LLCSILVER SPRING, MD · Montgomery County · 92 beds5★
- CITIZENS CARE CENTERHAVRE DE GRACE, MD · Harford County · 184 beds5★
- HEBREW HOME OF GREATER WASHINGTONROCKVILLE, MD · Montgomery County · 558 beds5★
- WILSON HEALTH CARE CENTERGAITHERSBURG, MD · Montgomery County · 285 beds5★
- COMPLETE CARE AT MULTI MEDICAL CENTER LLCTOWSON, MD · Baltimore County · 118 beds5★
- COMPLETE CARE AT SPRINGBROOKSILVER SPRING, MD · Montgomery County · 93 beds5★
- ST. MARY'S NURSING CENTER INCLEONARDTOWN, MD · St. Marys County · 160 beds5★
Source: CMS MA State/County Penetration (Aug 2025). Secondary metrics from CMS Medicare Advantage Geographic Variation PUF (2016–2022). Penetration is computed by rolling up county-level CMS-published MA enrolled / Medicare eligibles. Trend chart spans 2016–2022.