Aveanna Healthcare
A home health agency in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania 19004
One Belmont Avenue, Suite 200, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania 19004. (215) 884-3737.
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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 4, 2024: a complaint 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 4, 2024: complaint inspection1 deficiency
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Conformance With Physician Orders
The inspectors’ words, 530 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 patient record review, review of agency policy, and an interview with the executive administrator the agency failed to ensure physician orders were followed for three (3) of five (5) patient records reviewed (PR #1, 2 and 4). Findings include: Review of agency policy occurred on January 4, 2023, at approximately 12:05 PM and revealed the following: Policy titled: Medication Administration Guidelines “All medications for patients administration will be ordered by a licensed healthcare provider with the ability to prescribe. This includes prescribed, over the counter and homeopathic/home remedies, nutritional supplements..............All orders for medications will contain the name of the drug, concentration, dosage, frequency, duration and route of administration. All medications given during the visit/shift are documented on the Medication Administration Record (MAR)”. Medications not given or withheld: Medications either withheld or not given shall be documented on the MAR or progress note the reason not given”. Review of patient medication records took place on December 1, 2023, at approximately 9:02 am through 11:45 am and on January 4, 2024, at approximately 9:15 am through 10:57 am revealed the following: On the Home Health Certification and Plan of Care (485) contains medication orders and nutritional requirement were not followed per plan of care. Patient Record # 1 SOC 11-05-2020 certification period from 11/4/2023 to 1/2/2024, medication order: Fluticasone Propionate HFA (EQL Fluticasone Childrens) 50 mcg/act ml nasal give one spray in each nostril every morning. Medication not documented on the MAR on 11/4/23, 11/6/23, 11/7/23, 11/8/23 and 11/9/23 then patient was hospitalized. Polyethylene Glycol 3350 (Miralax) 17 GM/Scoop G-tube give 8.5 grams (one half scope dissolved in water daily, constipation). Medication not documented on the MAR on 11/9/23. Order for Nutritional requirement: Kate Farms 1.0 Peptide Formula 700 ml plus 600 ml free water, run continuously at 52 ml/hr. via G-tube. Monitor for signs and symptoms G-tube feeding intolerance. Position upright for feedings. Flush feeding tube with 10 ml water after meds and feeds. The nutritional flow rate order to run continuously at 52 ml/hr. was running at 56ml/hr. on 11/4/23, 11/6/23, 11/7/23, 11/8/23 and 11/9/23. Patient Record # 2 SOC 01/22/2018 certification period from 10/14/2023 to 12/12/2023, medication order. Fluticasone Propionate HFA (Flovent HFA) 44 mcg/act inhalation administer 2 puffs via spacer twice per day. Medication not documented on the MAR on the following dates: 10/14/23, 10/15/23, 10/22/23, 10/23/23, 10/28/23, 10/29/23,10/30/23, 11/4/23,11/5/23, 11/9/23, 11/11/23, 11/12/23, 11/14/23, 11/16/23, 11/25/23,11/26/23,11/27/23,11/28/23. Cetirizine HCL 1mg/ml G-tube administer 2.5mg (2.5 ml) twice per day. Medication not documented in the MAR for the entire certification period. Chlorhexidine Gluconate 0.12% ml Mouth/throat apply small amount to mouth daily. Medication not documented on the MAR on the following dates: 10/14/23, 10/16/23, 10/17/23, 10/18/23, 10/20/23, 10/26/23,10/28/23, 10/29/23, 10/30/23, 10/31/23, 11/1/23,11/3/23,11/4/23,11/5/23,11/7/23,11/10/23,11/11/23,11/12/23,11/13/23,11/14/23,11/16/23,11/24/23,11/25/23,11/26/23,11/27/23,11/28/23. Patient Record # 4 SOC 02-01-2013 certification period from 10/14/2023 to 12/12/2023 medication order. Cetirizine HCL 1mg/ml G-tube administer 5mg (5 ml) daily. Medication not documented on the MAR on the following dates: 10/16/23, 10/18/23, 10/19/23, 10/20/23,11/29/23. An interview with the agency’s administrator on January 4, 2024, at approximately 12:30 pm confirmed the above findings.”
The one inspection in the last three years
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 2024 | Complaint inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
Is it certified?
- Medicare-certified home health agency since Feb 7, 2005.
- 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.
- 1 deficiency cited in the last three years came from an inspection that included a complaint investigation.
CMS, QCOR home health inspection reports. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
Who does the caring?
- Offers nursing care and home health aide services.
- Doesn’t offer physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology and medical social 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?
- Dm Holdco Inc. owns 100% directly since Aug 22, 2011.
- 7 owners or officers are people: Matthew Buckhalter (corporate officer, 0%); Matthew Buckhalter (corporate director, 0%); Deborah Stewart (corporate director, 0%); Jerrold Perchik (corporate officer, 0%); Brianna Lorino (managing employee (on the payroll), 0%); Jeffrey Shaner (corporate officer, 0%); Jeffrey Shaner (corporate director, 0%).
- A private-equity firm is 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.
| Organisation | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aveanna Healthcare LLC | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Mar 16, 2017 |
| Aveanna Healthcare Intermediate Holdings LLC | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Mar 16, 2017 |
| Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Mar 16, 2017 |
| Dm Holdco Inc. | Owns 5% or more directly | 100% | Aug 22, 2011 |
| Epic Health Services, Inc. | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Mar 30, 2012 |
| Epic Acquisition, Inc. | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Mar 30, 2012 |
| Bcpe Eagle Investor, L.P. | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 37.52% | Apr 29, 2021 |
| BAIN Capital Fund Xi LP | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 31.87% | Mar 16, 2017 |
| Psa Healthcare Investment Holding LLC | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 7.14% | Apr 29, 2021 |
| Hamilton Lane Co-Investment Fund III Holdings - 2 LP | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 6.68% | Mar 16, 2017 |
| J.h. Whitney VII LP | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 6.18% | Mar 16, 2017 |
| Nut Tree Master Fund LP | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 5.69% | Dec 31, 2023 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Penn Medicine Home Health | 3 |
| Lifeline Home Health Inc. | Not given |
| Aveanna Healthcare This home health agency | Not given |
| Care Options for Kids | Not given |
| Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc. | Not given |
| 365 Health Services, LLC | Not given |
| Supreme Nurses, LLC | Not given |
| Main Line Health Home Care & Hospice - Home Health | 4 |
| Mercy Home Health | 4 |
| Amedisys Home Health | 4 |
| Accentcare Health of Pennsylvania | 4 |
| Children’s Hospital Home Care | Not given |
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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