Bayada Home Health Care, Inc.
A home health agency in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18017
100 Brodhead Road, Suites 120a & 120b, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18017. (610) 625-1577.
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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
- 2 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 Nov 25, 2025: a recertification inspection.
2 deficiencies cited in the last three years.
CMS, QCOR home health inspection reports. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
When those deficiencies happened
2 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Nov 2025. Most serious: Standard-level. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
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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.
Nov 25, 2025: recertification inspection2 deficiencies
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12 Hours Inservice Every 12 Months
The inspectors’ words, 204 words
“12 hours inservice every 12 months CFR(s): 484.80(d) Standard: In-service training. A home health aide must receive at least l2 hours of in-service training during each 12-month period. In-service training may occur while an aide is furnishing care to a patient. This Standard is not met as evidenced by: Based on a review of agency policy, review of employee files, and an interview with the agency Administrator, the agency failed to ensure the employee obtained the required twelve (12) hours of annual inservice for one (1) out of one (1) home health aide employee file reviewed (EF#7). Agency policy/procedure reviewed on November 25, 2025 at approximately 11:45 a.m. Policy 0-963 ‘Filed Employee Orientation, Education, and Inservice Requirement’ ‘Our Procedure’ Section 2.0 ‘In-Service Requirements’ (2.1.1) ‘Home Health and Home Care Medicare Certified Offices’ ... ‘Home Health Aide (HHA) : 12 hours per year, .....” A review of EF was conducted on November 21, 2025 at approximately 10:00 a.m. The employees date of hire (DOH) is listed below. EF#7 DOH 03/02/23: Documentation provided of employee obtaining eight (8) of the required twelve (12) hours of inservice in 2024. An interview conducted with agency Administrator on November 25, 2025 at approximately 12:45 p.m. confirmed the above findings.”
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Rn Performs Assessment
The inspectors’ words, 368 words
“RN performs assessment CFR(s): 484.55(a)(1) A registered nurse must conduct an initial assessment visit to determine the immediate care and support needs of the patient; and, for Medicare patients, to determine eligibility for the Medicare home health benefit, including homebound status. The initial assessment visit must be held either within 48 hours of referral, or within 48 hours of the patient’s return home, or on the physician or allowed practitioner - ordered start of care date. This Element is not met as evidenced by: Based on a review of agency policy, review of clinical records, and an interview with the agency Administrator, the agency failed to complete the initial assessment visit within 48 hours of referral, or within 48 hours of the patients return home, or on the physician-ordered start of care date, for two (2) of four (4) clinical record referrals reviewed (CR#4, CR#7). Policy 0-672 ’ ‘Admission Criteria and Procedure - Medicare Certified Offices’ ‘Our Procedure:’ 9.0 “A registered nurse or therapist (PT, SLP) must conduct an initial visit to determine the immediate care and support needs of the client, .... “ (.1 “The initial visit must be completed within 48 hours of referral, within 48 hours of the patients return home, or on the physician-ordered SOC date.” A review of CRs was completed on November 25, 2025 at approximately 12:00 p.m. The patients start of care (SOC) is included below. CR#4 SOC 08/22/25: Referral from (family member) for skilled nursing on 02/27/25. Referral Notes/Reason for referral: “SOC (start of care) delayed waiting on SC (service coordinator) authorizing units.” No physician ordered start of care date specified. Documentation of initial assessment visit by registered nurse on 08/22/25. (176 days after referral received.) CR#7 SOC 12/02/24: Referral from (agency employee listed on referral form, per Administrator the referral came from a family member) for skilled nursing on 11/15/24. Referral Notes/Reason for referral: “Referral came from a current employee who worked on client with a different agency.” No physician ordered start of care date specified. Documentation of initial assessment visit by registered nurse on 12/02/24. (17 days after referral received.) An interview conducted with agency Administrator on November 25, 2025 at approximately 12:45 p.m. confirmed the above findings.”
The one inspection in the last three years
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 2025 | Recertification inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
Is it certified?
- Medicare-certified home health agency since May 19, 2011.
- Ownership: non-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 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?
- Bayada Health, LLC. owns 100% directly since Dec 3, 2018.
- Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. runs it.
- 17 owners or officers are people: Shirlee Sharkey (corporate director); Thomas Considine (corporate director); David L Baiada (corporate director); Jennifer Joana (managing employee (on the payroll)); Thomas J. Saporito (corporate director); Logan Wilkins (managing employee (on the payroll)); Logan Wilkins (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Robert Edmund (corporate officer); Anthony J Mazzarelli (corporate director); Joseph Mark Baiada (corporate officer); Teresa Carroll (corporate director); Winselow Tucker (corporate director); Robert Briglia (corporate officer); Bryony Winn (corporate officer); Bryony Winn (managing employee (on the payroll)); Gavin Robert Kerr (corporate director); Brian Ford (corporate director).
- 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.
| Organisation | Role | Share | Since |
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| Bayada | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Dec 31, 2018 |
| Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | 100% | Dec 31, 2018 |
| Bayada Health, LLC. | Owns 5% or more directly | 100% | Dec 3, 2018 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Easton Home Health Services | 4 |
| Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. This home health agency | Not given |
| Ahc Home Health and Hospice of Lehigh Valley | 2.5 |
| St Luke’s Home Health | 4 |
| Patient Outreach Healthcare, Inc. | Not given |
| Lehigh Valley Home Care | 3 |
| Interim Healthcare Mid Atlantic | 2.5 |
| Accentcare Health of Pennsylvania | 4 |
| Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. | 3.5 |
| Extended Family Care | Not given |
| Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. | Not given |
| Centerwell Home Health | 4.5 |
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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