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Residences At Vantage Point

5400 VANTAGE POINT ROAD, COLUMBIA, MD, 21044

(410) 964-5454

44 licensed beds

★★★★★5/5CMS Five-Star overall4/5 health inspections5/5 staffing5/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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5400 Vantage Point Road

Columbia, MD 21044

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Public record summary

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Bed capacity

CMS facility ID

215344

Care type

Nursing home

County

Howard

Facility name

Residences At Vantage Point

Street address

5400 VANTAGE POINT ROAD

City / state / ZIP

Columbia, MD 21044

Phone

(410) 964-5454

About this facility — Residences At Vantage Point

Residences At Vantage Point is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Columbia, Maryland. It is licensed for 44 beds — well below the median for skilled nursing facilities in Maryland (120 beds).

It is one of 33 senior care facilities in Columbia and 221 skilled nursing facilities across Maryland. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

Federal inspectors have cited Residences At Vantage Point 44 times across 7 inspections in the last three years, including 1 food-safety citation; no federal fines are on record. Every citation is listed, dated, and graded in the inspection record below.

This listing draws on federal CMS Nursing Home Compare records, and was last updated on August 31, 2026. Background reports are compiled from primary sources — state inspection files, federal CMS data, corporate registrations, and court records — at the time of order.

Facility background

What the public record shows.

Ownership & operator

Parent company

Life Care Services

Ownership type

Non profit - Corporation

Registered owners & officers

Balkin, Daniel

Director — since 2024

Baloh, Brandan

Director — since 2025

Bank of Ny Mellon

Security-interest holder — since 2007

Barron, Steve

Director — since 2023

Bednarzik, Barbara

Director · Officer — since 2024

Bruette, Leo

Director — since 2020

Carey, Pierce

Operational control — since 2023

Castellan, Susan

Director · Officer — since 2008

Hitchcock, Alexis

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2023

Imre, Victoria

Director — since 2023

Lazris, Andrew

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2010

Life Care Services Llc

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2000

Martin, Bruce

Director · Officer — since 2015

Miles, Frank

Director — since 2025

Romano, Carol

Director — since 2017

Thomas, Virginia

Director · Officer — since 2010

Wade, John

Director — since 2025

Regulatory standing

Federal court records

20 naming its parent company — view the cases (a listed case is not a finding of wrongdoing)

Licensed / certified since

2003-09-29

CMS overall rating

5 of 5 stars

Health deficiencies

9 at the last standard inspection

Federal fines

None on record

Last standard inspection

2026-03-19

Nurse staffing

5.2 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2024 cost report)

Average billed charges

$374 per day (≈ $11,370/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.

Payer mix (resident days)

0% Medicaid · 4% Medicare · 96% private/other

Occupancy

62% (fiscal year 2024)

Vs. state median

15% below the MD median of $439/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds

Medicare

Accepted

Medicaid

Accepted

Compiled from CMS Nursing Home Compare; owners/officers from the CMS Ownership dataset; cost & occupancy from the facility's own CMS cost report · last verified 2026-08-31. Facilities can submit a correction.

Inspection record

Every citation, dated and graded.

Kitchen & food safety

Federal surveyors inspect the kitchen at every standard visit. This facility has 1 food-safety citation on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.

2026-03-19Health inspection9 citations

F-0578

D · No harm found

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.

Corrected 2026-04-17

F-0580

D · No harm found

Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.

Corrected 2026-04-17

F-0656

D · No harm found

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

Corrected 2026-04-17

F-0695

D · No harm found

Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

Corrected 2026-04-17

F-0710

D · No harm found

Obtain a doctor's order to admit a resident and ensure the resident is under a doctor's care.

Corrected 2026-04-17

F-0756

E · No harm found

Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.

Corrected 2026-04-17

F-0757

D · No harm found

Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.

Corrected 2026-04-17

F-0842

D · No harm found

Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

Corrected 2026-04-17

F-0880

D · No harm found

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Corrected 2026-04-17

2024-12-13Health inspectionComplaint-triggered6 citations

F-0583

E · No harm found

Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.

Corrected 2025-01-24

F-0609

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

Corrected 2025-01-24

F-0610

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

Corrected 2025-01-24

F-0657

D · No harm found

Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.

Corrected 2025-01-24

F-0812

F · No harm foundFood safety

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Corrected 2025-01-24

F-0880

D · No harm found

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Corrected 2025-01-24

4 earlier / fire-safety inspections (29 citations)

2019-12-05Health inspection11 citations

F-0558

D · No harm found

Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.

Corrected 2020-02-01

F-0610

D · No harm found

Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

Corrected 2020-02-01

F-0623

D · No harm found

Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.

Corrected 2020-02-01

F-0625

D · No harm found

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.

Corrected 2020-02-01

F-0637

D · No harm found

Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition

Corrected 2020-02-01

F-0642

D · No harm found

Ensure a qualified health professional conducts resident assessments.

Corrected 2020-02-01

F-0656

D · No harm found

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

Corrected 2020-02-01

F-0657

D · No harm found

Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.

Corrected 2020-02-01

F-0732

D · No harm found

Post nurse staffing information every day.

Corrected 2020-02-01

F-0943

D · No harm found

Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and exploitation.

Corrected 2020-02-01

F-0947

D · No harm found

Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.

Corrected 2020-02-01

2026-03-19Fire-safety inspection8 citations

K-0100

E · No harm found

Meet other general requirements.

Corrected 2026-05-14

K-0223

E · No harm found

Provide exit doors that are held open by devices that will automatically close on the activation of a fire alarm or smoke detector.

Corrected 2026-05-14

K-0331

E · No harm found

Construct fire resistant interior walls.

Corrected 2026-05-14

K-0345

F · No harm found

Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.

Corrected 2026-05-14

K-0353

F · No harm found

Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.

Corrected 2026-05-14

K-0761

F · No harm found

To conduct inspection, testing and maintenance of fire doors by qualified individuals.

Corrected 2026-05-14

K-0918

F · No harm found

Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.

Corrected 2026-05-14

K-0923

E · No harm found

Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas.

Corrected 2026-05-14

2024-12-13Fire-safety inspection6 citations

E-0039

F · No harm found

Conduct testing and exercise requirements.

Corrected 2025-03-04

K-0293

D · No harm found

Have properly located and lighted "Exit" signs.

Corrected 2025-03-04

K-0353

F · No harm found

Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.

Corrected 2025-03-04

K-0355

D · No harm found

Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes.

Corrected 2025-03-04

K-0761

F · No harm found

To conduct inspection, testing and maintenance of fire doors by qualified individuals.

Corrected 2025-03-04

K-0918

F · No harm found

Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.

Corrected 2025-03-11

2019-12-05Fire-safety inspection4 citations

K-0355

D · No harm found

Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes.

Corrected 2020-01-31

K-0918

E · No harm found

Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.

Corrected 2020-01-31

K-0921

E · No harm found

Ensure that testing and maintenance of electrical equipment is performed.

Corrected 2020-01-31

K-0923

D · No harm found

Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas.

Corrected 2020-01-31

Citations and penalties from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (three-year survey window, refreshed monthly). Severity codes follow the federal scope/severity grid; “Immediate jeopardy” is the most serious grade CMS issues. CCN 215344.

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CMS Nursing Home Compare

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Last verified 2026-08-31

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