Deer's Head CenterSalisbury, MD
Deer's Head Center is a public long-term care hospital in Salisbury, Maryland.
- Time ZoneEST
- CountyWicomico
- FIPS24045
- Area Code410
Visiting Deer's Head Center
- Photo ID and your insurance, Medicare or Medicaid card
- A list of your medicines, doses and allergies
- Your doctor's name and phone number
- A phone charger
Quality and performance
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS has not reported an emergency department wait time for Deer's Head Center. That usually means too few cases to report, or no emergency department.
Source: CMS Hospital General Information and Timely & Effective Care. Wait times are a median over a past 12-month reporting period, not live data. Not affiliated with CMS or with Deer's Head Center. For a medical emergency, call 911.
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Long-term acute care quality
CMS Long-term acute care Quality Reporting Program, data through December 2025
Deer's Head Center reports long-term acute care quality results to Medicare. Returned home or to the community: 40% here, against 15% nationally. CMS rates it better than national on returned home or to the community.
Results
Safety
Source: CMS Long-term acute care Quality Reporting Program (Provider Data Catalog). Better/worse labels appear only where CMS itself compared the facility with the national rate; other figures are shown next to the national figure for context.
Size and finances
Medicare cost report · fiscal year ending Jun 2025
As reported by the hospital to CMS; not audited. Operating margin is income from patient care divided by net patient revenue and leaves out investment income and donations. Compare Maryland hospital finances.
Who owns Deer's Head Center
Medicare enrollment and ownership records (PECOS)
Medicare lists the hospital's legal name as Comptroller of Maryland Central Payroll Bureau, a non-profit organization.
Organizations with 5% or more ownership (directly or through other companies), partnership interests or operational control, as the hospital reported them to Medicare. Records can lag behind recent sales. Individuals are not listed. Who owns America's hospitals.
The area around Deer's Head Center
HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data
Primary care: Parts of Wicomico are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 15.
Mental health: Parts of Wicomico are federally designated health professional shortage areas (2 designations). Highest shortage score 17.
Dental: Parts of Wicomico are federally designated health professional shortage areas (2 designations). Highest shortage score 18.
Nurse pay: registered nurses in Maryland earn a median $99,790 a year. Healthcare salaries in Maryland.
Shortage areas are designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration where there are too few primary care, mental health or dental providers for the population; scores run from 0 to 25 for primary and mental health care and 0 to 26 for dental care, higher meaning greater need. Maryland shortage areas
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