Aspen Home Health Care
A home health agency in Chicago, Illinois 60641
5244 West Irving Park Road, #1 West, Chicago, Illinois 60641. (773) 685-7338.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 21, 2026.
- Not rated quality of patient care rating
- Not rated patient survey rating
- 1 deficiencies cited in the last three years
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean2
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
The last inspection on record was on Jan 5, 2024: a recertification inspection.
1 deficiency cited in the last three years.
CMS, QCOR home health inspection reports. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
When those deficiencies happened
1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2024. Most serious: Standard-level. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
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Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
Each deficiency, as cited
Rule titles as CMS’s inspectors cite them, set in sentence case.
CMS, QCOR home health inspection reports. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
Jan 5, 2024: recertification inspection1 deficiency
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Conformance With Physician Orders
The inspectors’ words, 449 words
“Conformance with physician orders CFR(s): 484.60(b) Standard: Conformance with physician or allowed practitioner orders. This Standard is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, home visit observation and Staff interviews, it was determined that the Agency failed to ensure that Staff provided care as ordered by physician. This was found in 3 of 7 (Pts. #2, 3 and 4) clinical records reviewed. Findings include: 1. Patient #2 was admitted to Home Health Services on 10/30/23 with Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. The clinical record was reviewed on 01/03/24. The signed Plan of Care orders effective 10/30/23 included a Physical Therapy (PT) frequency of 2 times a week for 5 weeks and 1 time a week for 4 weeks. The clinical record contained a PT note dated 11/20/23 (week 4). The record lacked documentation of another PT visit or communication as to why PT visits did not occur as ordered. The same Plan of Care orders required a Skilled Nurse (SN) to assess oxygen saturation on room air each visit. The SN note dated 12/21/23 lacked an Oxygen saturation assessment as ordered. 2. Patient #3 was admitted to Home Health Services on 05/16/23 with Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. The clinical record was reviewed on 01/03/24. The signed Plan of Care orders effective 11/12/23 required a SN to perform finger stick for fasting blood sugar/random blood sugar during visit if it has not been done, or if patient reports signs and symptoms of hypo/hyperglycemia. The following SN visit notes dated 11/13/23, 11/21/23, 11/28/23, 12/12/23, 12/18/23 and 12/29/23 lacked Blood sugar assessments as ordered. A home visit was conducted with Patient #3 and Employee #3 (SN) on 01/03/24 at 3:15 PM. It was observed that the blood sugar assessment was not done as ordered. Employee #3 stated that Patient #3 refuses to check blood sugar himself or by the nurse and it should be documented in the record. There were no communication notes or modification of orders noted in the clinical record. The same Plan of care orders required SN to assess oxygen saturation on room air each visit. The SN note dated 12/29/23 lacked an oxygen saturation assessment as ordered. 3. Patient #4 was admitted to Home Health Services on 05/26/23 with Diagnosis of Trigger Finger, Left ring finger. The clinical record was reviewed on 01/03/24. The signed Plan of Care orders effective 09/23/23 and 11/22/23 required Skilled Nurse (SN) to assess oxygen saturation on room air each visit. The SN notes dated 11/10/23 and 12/22/23 lacked an Oxygen saturation assessment as ordered. 4. During an interview with the Administrator and Director of Nursing on 01/04/24 at 1:30 PM, the Administrative staff confirmed the above findings.”
The one inspection in the last three years
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 2024 | Recertification inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
Is it certified?
- Medicare-certified home health agency since Feb 8, 2007.
- Ownership: proprietary (for profit).
- No For hospices, home health agencies, hospitals and dialysis facilities, CMS writes deficiencies at two levels. Standard is the usual one; condition-level is the more serious, when a problem is serious enough that the provider doesn’t meet a whole condition of taking part in Medicare. Source: CMS, State Operations Manual. deficiency on record in the last three years.
CMS, Home Health Care Agencies. Released Oct 21, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, QCOR home health inspection reports. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
Has anything been proven against it?
- CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for home health agencies, so none are shown.
- 0 deficiencies cited in the last three years came from inspections that included a complaint investigation.
CMS, QCOR home health inspection reports. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
Who does the caring?
- Offers nursing care, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology and medical social services.
- Doesn’t offer home health aide services.
- CMS doesn’t publish staffing levels for home health agencies.
CMS, Home Health Care Agencies. Released Oct 21, 2026. Updated quarterly.
Who owns it?
- 5 owners or officers are people: Marinela Pintea (owns 5% or more directly, 100%); Marinela Pintea (corporate officer); Marinela Pintea (corporate director); Marinela Pintea (managing employee (on the payroll)); Marinela Pintea (runs it (operational or managerial control)).
- No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
- No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
CMS, Home Health Agency All Owners and Home Health Agency Enrollments. Released Sep 29, 2026. Updated quarterly.
How do patients fare?
- CMS gives no CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.: “The number of patient episodes for this measure is too small to report.”
- CMS gives no CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.: “No survey results are available for this period.”
CMS, Home Health Care Agencies and Home Health Patient Survey. Released Oct 21, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Measure | Rating |
|---|---|
| Quality of patient care ratingCMS star rating, 1 to 5 in half stars | Not rated |
| Patient survey ratingCMS star rating from its survey of the agency’s patients, 1 to 5 | Not rated |
How does it compare nearby?
- CMS gives this agency no quality of patient care rating to compare.
CMS, Home Health ZIP Codes and Home Health Care Agencies. Released Oct 21, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Place | Quality rating |
|---|---|
| Sunshine Home Care, Inc. | 4 |
| Aspen Home Health Care This home health agency | Not given |
| Safe Life Home Healthcare Chicago | 4.5 |
| NE Healthcare Services, Inc. | 1.5 |
| Caring Professionals Home Care | 4 |
| Crown Home Health Agency, Inc. | 2 |
| Comprehensive Home Care Inc. | 2 |
| Healing Hands Home Care, Inc. | 4.5 |
| We Care Home Health, Inc. | 1.5 |
| Advance Home Health Care, Ltd | 3.5 |
| All Family Health Care, Inc. | 5 |
| Good Heart Home Health Care, Inc. | 1.5 |
What the record doesn’t say
- CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for home health agencies, so none are shown.
- Only complaints that led to a citation appear; complaints that didn’t aren’t published.
- QCOR says some of its home health reports are accurate or available only through May 19, 2021, because of a systems migration.
- Many home health agencies are inspected by a private accrediting organisation instead of the state, and QCOR’s home health file doesn’t appear to include those inspections: no inspection on record here doesn’t mean none took place.
Sources
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Home Health Care Agencies (6jpm-sxkc).
Released Oct 21, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Home Health Patient Survey (ccn4-8vby).
Released Oct 21, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, QCOR home health inspection reports (HHA_2567s_2018_to_2026YTD.xlsx).
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Home Health Agency All Owners (fc009b2d-7846-44b1-b4a1-692f0c143879).
Released Sep 29, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Home Health Agency Enrollments (15f64ab4-3172-4a27-b589-ebd67a6d28aa).
Released Sep 29, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Home Health ZIP Codes (m5eg-upu5).
Released Oct 21, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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