Barnabas Health Home Care and Hospice
A hospice in West Orange, New Jersey 07052
80 Main Street, Second Floor, Suite 300, West Orange, New Jersey 07052. (855) 619-4448.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 23, 2026.
- 2 deficiencies cited in the last three years
- 3of 5 family caregiver rating
- 10of 10 CMS’s Hospice Care Index
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?
2 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 24 hospices serving ZIP code 07052 had 5.
The last inspection on record was on Mar 14, 2025: a reaccreditation inspection by the Community Health Accreditation Partner.
CMS, QCOR hospice inspection reports. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, Hospice ZIP Data. Released Aug 26, 2026. Updated quarterly.
When those deficiencies happened
2 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2025. Most serious: Standard-level. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 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 hospice inspection reports. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.
Mar 14, 2025: reaccreditation inspection by the Community Health Accreditation Partner2 deficiencies
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Content of plan of care (42 CFR 418.56(c))
The inspectors’ words, 379 words
“It is required that each patient’s individualized written plan of care reflects patient and family goals based on problems identified in the initial and updated comprehensive assessments. This standard was not met as evidenced by clinical record review, document review and interview. Agency policy #14.13 “Plan of Care” (reviewed 10/2023) read in part, “Changes in the plan of care will be noted within the following: Problem list with goals.” In 2 of 27 (7%) clinical records reviewed, the agency did not ensure that the patient’s plan of care reflected patient and family goals based on problems identified in the comprehensive assessments. Clinical Record 7: The patient elected hospice care on 07/18/2024 with a diagnosis of peripheral vascular disease. The skilled nursing (SN) admission visit note dated 07/18/2024 documented, “Patient requires a urinary catheter, type of catheter: indwelling.” The Hospice Interdisciplinary Group (IDG) Comprehensive Assessment and Plan of Care Update Reports dated 07/31/2024 and 08/14/2024 did not document patient and family goals for the identified indwelling catheter. On 12/13/2024, the physician ordered, “Levofloxacin 250 mg 1 tablet by mouth 2 times daily for 7 days Reason: UTI.” The skilled nursing (SN) visit note dated 12/13/2024 documented, “Patient noted with foul-smelling urine. Call to Dr. (name) verbal order (VO) Levaquin 250mg once a day for 7 days.” The Hospice IDG Comprehensive Assessment and Plan of Care Update Reports dated 12/18/2024 and 01/02/2025 did not document patient and family goals for the identified urinary tract infection (UTI). Clinical Record 27: The patient elected hospice care on 06/30/2024 with a diagnosis of malignant neoplasm of the esophagus. On 10/08/2024, the physician ordered, “Cipro 500 mg 1 tablet by mouth 2 times daily for 7 days Reason: UTI.” The SN visit note dated 10/08/2024 documented, “Pt has suspected UTI and antibiotics (ABX) delivered.” The Hospice IDG Comprehensive Assessment and Plan of Care Update Reports dated 10/15/2024 and 10/29/2024 did not document patient and family goals for the identified urinary tract infection. During an interview on 03/13/2025, the Vice President of Hospice/ Alternate Administrator confirmed that the plan of care for clinical record 7 did not include goals related to the urinary tract infection and indwelling catheter, and the plan of care for clinical record 27 did not include goals for the urinary tract infection.”
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Level of activity (42 CFR 418.78(e))
The inspectors’ words, 259 words
“It is required that hospice volunteers provide day-to-day administrative or direct patient care services in an amount that, at a minimum, equals five percent (5%) of the total patient care hours of all paid hospice employees and contract staff. This standard was not met as evidenced by document review and interview. The hospice agency did not ensure that volunteers provided day-to-day administrative or direct patient care services in an amount that, at a minimum, equaled five percent (5%) of the total patient care hours of all paid hospice employees and contract staff. Agency policy #H1.02 “Hospice Scope of Services and Standards of Practice” (reviewed 09/2023) read in part, “Volunteers must be used in day-to-day administrative and/or direct patient care roles to assist patients/families of the (name of agency) Hospice Program through: Direct patient care hours, Administrative hours.” The Volunteer Activity report dated 01/01/2024 through 01/01/2025 was reviewed with the Volunteer Coordinator [Personnel Record 9] on 03/11/2025. The Volunteer Coordinator confirmed that the percentage of volunteers that provided day-to-day administrative and/or direct patient care services was 3.66% for 01/01/2024 through 01/01/2025, less than the required 5%. During an interview on 03/11/2025, the Chief Nursing Officer/Administrator confirmed that volunteer utilization was below the requirement of 5% and stated in part, “COVID impacted our volunteer program, working hard to rebuild it.” The hospice agency did not ensure that volunteers provided day-to-day administrative or direct patient care services in an amount that, at a minimum, equaled five percent (5%) of the total patient care hours of all paid hospice employees and contract staff.”
The one inspection in the last three years
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2025 | Reaccreditation inspection by the Community Health Accreditation Partner | 2 deficiencies cited |
Is it certified?
- Medicare-certified hospice since Mar 7, 1984.
- Ownership: other.
- 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 or CMS’s most serious finding: the place’s failure to meet a rule caused, or was likely to cause, serious injury, harm, impairment or death to someone in its care. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 489.3. on record in the last three years.
CMS, Hospice General Information. Released Aug 26, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, QCOR hospice inspection reports. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.
Has anything been proven against it?
- CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for hospices, so none are shown.
- 0 deficiencies cited in the last three years came from inspections that included a complaint investigation.
CMS, QCOR hospice inspection reports. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.
Who does the caring?
- From Medicare claims (Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2024): 12.5 nurse care minutes per routine home care day, 11.3% of skilled nursing minutes at weekends and a visit near death for 91.4% of patients who died.
- Where its patients were cared for (Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024): 78% at home, 5% in assisted living, 6% in a nursing facility, 11% in a skilled nursing facility.
CMS, Hospice Provider Data. Released Aug 26, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Measure | This provider |
|---|---|
| Nurse care minutes per routine home care day | 12.5 min |
| Skilled nursing minutes at weekends | 11.3% |
| Visits near death | 91.4% of patients who died |
Who owns it?
- Mega Care Inc. and Visiting Nurse Association Health Group Inc. run it.
- 5 owners or officers are people: Matthew Fulton (corporate director, 0%); Christopher Rinn (corporate director, 0%); Thomas Biga (corporate director, 0%); Peter Gaylord (corporate director, 0%); Peter Gaylord (runs it (operational or managerial control), 0%).
- No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
- No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
CMS, Hospice All Owners and Hospice Enrollments. Released Sep 29, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Organisation | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mega Care Inc. | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | 51% | Jan 1, 2016 |
| Visiting Nurse Association Health Group Inc. | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | 49% | Jan 1, 2016 |
What do families say?
- Family caregivers rate it 3 of 5 in CMS’s survey (Oct 1, 2023 to Sep 30, 2025): 78% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10, and 81% would definitely recommend it.
- CMS’s Hospice Care Index: 10 of 10 (Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2024).
- 99.06% of patients were assessed on all seven of CMS’s measures at the start of care (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025); 56.4% had visits from a nurse or social worker on at least 2 of their last 3 days (Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2024).
CMS, CAHPS Hospice Survey and Hospice Provider Data. Released Aug 26, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Measure | Rating |
|---|---|
| Family caregiver survey ratingCMS star rating from its survey of patients’ family caregivers, 1 to 5 | 3 of 5 |
| Hospice Care IndexCMS’s Hospice Care Index, 0 to 10 (higher is better): a point for each of ten measures from Medicare claims on which the hospice meets CMS’s threshold | 10 of 10 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Of the 24 hospices CMS’s data show serving patients in ZIP code 07052, where this hospice’s office is, the middle number of deficiencies cited in the last three years was 5; this one had 2.
CMS, Hospice ZIP Data. Released Aug 26, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, QCOR hospice inspection reports. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Barnabas Health Home Care and Hospice This hospice | 2 |
| Atlantic Visiting Nurse | 0 |
| Center for Hope Hospice and Palliative Care | 28 |
| Vhs Hospice Services of New Jersey | 3 |
| Amedisys Hospice | 7 |
| Hospice of New Jersey, LLC | 18 |
| Ascend Hospice | 5 |
| Compassionate Care Hospice of Clifton, LLC | 6 |
| Caring Hospice Services of Central Jersey | 5 |
| Vitas Healthcare Corporation Atlantic | 4 |
| Homeside Hospice LLC | 3 |
| Grace Healthcare Services LLC | 6 |
What the record doesn’t say
- CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for hospices, so none are shown.
- Only complaints that led to a citation appear; complaints that didn’t aren’t published.
- CMS ended its Special Focus Program for hospices with serious problems on Feb 14, 2025, so no hospice is marked as one.
- Hospice quality measures have a gap from October 2025: CMS replaced its patient assessment then, and public results from the new one (HOPE) are expected around November 2027.
Sources
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospice General Information (yc9t-dgbk).
Released Aug 26, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospice Provider Data (252m-zfp9).
Released Aug 26, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, CAHPS Hospice Survey (gxki-hrr8).
Released Aug 26, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, QCOR hospice inspection reports (Hospice Survey Reports - Oct 2021 through Sep 2026.xlsx).
Released Oct 23, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospice All Owners (e983965e-1603-4cb8-82b5-c40090e380d1).
Released Sep 29, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospice Enrollments (25704213-e833-4b8b-9dbc-58dd17149209).
Released Sep 29, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospice ZIP Data (95rg-2usp).
Released Aug 26, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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From the hospice
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Replies
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Paid listing
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