Affinity Health Care, LLC
A home health agency in Lufkin, Texas 75901
2708 S. Medford Dr., Lufkin, Texas 75901. (936) 639-2626.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 21, 2026.
- 2of 5 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 mean3
- Star ratings
- 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.
- 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 Oct 29, 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 Oct 2024. 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.
Oct 29, 2024: recertification inspection1 deficiency
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Encoding And Transmitting Oasis
The inspectors’ words, 649 words
“Encoding and transmitting OASIS CFR(s): 484.45(a) Standard: An HHA must encode and electronically transmit each completed OASIS assessment to the CMS system, regarding each beneficiary with respect to which information is required to be transmitted (as determined by the Secretary), within 30 days of completing the assessment of the beneficiary. This Standard is not met as evidenced by: Based on interview and record review, the agency failed to code and electronically transmit each completed OASIS (data collected as part of the comprehensive assessment) assessment to the CMS system within thirty days of completing the assessment of the beneficiary for 71 of 531 records submitted (13.37%). The agency did not code and electronically submit patient’s OASIS data to IQIES (electronic system used to transmit quality measures from the OASIS data collected during comprehensive assessments) within 30 days to track and evaluate changes in the patient’s health while admitted to home health services to help ensure quality healthcare for patients. This failure prevented the agency’s patient OASIS data from being made available to CMS for analysis of patient care performance. Findings included: Review of an IQIES Error Summary Report dated 10/28/23 to 10/28/24 generated by the surveyor during pre-survey preparation indicated the agency failed to code and electronically transmit 71 of 531 OASIS assessments data to the CMS system within thirty days of completing the assessment of the beneficiary. During an interview on 10/28/24 at 11:50 a.m., the Administrator said Staff J was the person responsible for submitting the OASIS assessments. The Administrator said the assessments were to be transmitted within 30 days of completion. He said he was aware that some assessments had been submitted late, but did not know how many. During an interview on 10/28/24 at 3:38 p.m., the Quality Assurance (QA) Coordinator said there had been problems with OASIS assessment date being submitted late. She said the late OASIS submissions were not addressed with a Performance Improvement Project. During an interview on 10/30/24 at 11:51 a.m., Staff J said she worked for the company contracted to provide billing services for the agency. Staff J said she was responsible for submitting the OASIS assessment data after it was completed by the agency. Staff J said she had notified the agency of late submissions periodically (unspecified) and had expressed concern about the late submissions in an email to the Administrator and Supervising Nurse a couple of months ago (unspecified). Staff J said she did not know why the agency was taking so long to complete the assessments and refer them to her for submission. Record review of an email dated 6/19/24, sent from Staff J to the agency Administrator and Supervising Nurse, indicated: · Subject: BYPASS: Timely Assessment Locking · Importance: High · We are getting more and more assessment locked beyond the 30-day timely submission date. Please make sure OASIS are being locked in under 23 days so they can be submitted in under 30 days. I submit every Wednesday so if one is locked Wednesday afternoon, it will be submitted the following Wednesday. · This is from today. 5 assessments were locked beyond 30 days. Record Review of an agency policy titled Timelines, reviewed 05/02/24, indicated all completed and encoded OASIS data will be transmitted within 30 days of the M0090 (the date the assessment is actually completed) date. Record Review of a report titled OASIS Error Detail Report, dated 10/28/24 and provided by the Administrator on 10/29/24 at 2:15 p.m., indicated: · April 2024 - 13 OASIS assessments were submitted more than 30 days after M0090 · May 2024 – 10 OASIS assessments were submitted more than 30 days after M0090 · July 2024 – 19 OASIS assessments were submitted more than 30 days after M0090 · August 2024 – 12 OASIS assessments were submitted more than 30 days after M0090 · September 2024 – 15 OASIS assessments were submitted more than 30 days after M0090”
The one inspection in the last three years
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2024 | Recertification inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
Is it certified?
- Medicare-certified home health agency since Sep 21, 2010.
- 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, medical social services and 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?
- 9 owners or officers are people: Jackie Authement (runs it (operational or managerial control), 100%); Jackie Authement (owns 5% or more directly, 60%); Robert Wofford (owns 5% or more directly, 15%); Quincy Martindale (owns 5% or more directly, 15%); John Hackett (owns 5% or more directly, 10%); Jackie Authement (managing employee (on the payroll)); Victoria Perry (managing employee (under contract), 0%); Cory Blake Authement (managing employee (on the payroll)); Margie Gandy (managing employee (on the payroll), 0%).
- 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 rates its quality of patient care 2 of 5.
- 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.: “Fewer than 70 patients completed the survey.”
- CMS compares it with the national rate: discharged to the community, the same; potentially preventable hospital stays, the same; potentially preventable readmissions after discharge, the same.
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 | 2 of 5 |
| Patient survey ratingCMS star rating from its survey of the agency’s patients, 1 to 5 | Not rated |
| Discharged to the communityCMS’s risk-adjusted rate, compared with the national rate | 85.03% (same as the national rate) |
| Potentially preventable hospital staysCMS’s risk-adjusted rate, compared with the national rate | 12.64% (same as the national rate) |
| Potentially preventable readmissions after dischargeCMS’s risk-adjusted rate, compared with the national rate | 4.61% (same as the national rate) |
How does it compare nearby?
- Of the 22 agencies CMS’s data show serving patients in ZIP code 75901, where this agency’s office is, 22 have a quality of patient care rating; the middle one is 3.75 of 5, and this one is rated 2 of 5.
CMS, Home Health ZIP Codes and Home Health Care Agencies. Released Oct 21, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Place | Quality rating |
|---|---|
| Christus Homecare | 2.5 |
| Enhabit Home Health | 3.5 |
| A Caring Touch Home Health Services & Hospice Care | 3 |
| Affinity Health Care, LLC This home health agency | 2 |
| Dedicated Home Health | 4 |
| A Pineywoods Home Health Care Inc. | 4 |
| Excel Home Health | 4 |
| Reliant at Home | 4.5 |
| Reliant at Home | 4 |
| Doctor’s Choice Home Care | 4.5 |
| Vitalcaring Group | 3 |
| Angels Care Home Health | 3.5 |
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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