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Maylath Valley Health Systems Inc.

A hospice in Sybertsville, Pennsylvania 18251

750 State Route 93 PO Box 103, Sybertsville, Pennsylvania 18251. (570) 708-2929.

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The short answer

Record last released by CMS on Oct 23, 2026. We couldn’t read Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ list since Oct 27, 2026: qcor.cms.gov now refuses our reader. This record is as of then.

The last 24 months 2 visits on record, nothing cited. Every month

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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 6, 2025: a reaccreditation inspection by the Community Health Accreditation Partner.

0 deficiencies cited in the last three years.

Source:

CMS, QCOR hospice inspection reports. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.

When those deficiencies happened

2 visits on record, nothing cited. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 2026.

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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

All 2 inspections in the last three years
Inspections on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Nov 6, 2025Reaccreditation inspection by the Community Health Accreditation PartnerNo deficiencies cited
Nov 27, 2023Recertification inspection by the stateNo deficiencies cited

Is it certified?

  • Medicare-certified hospice since Apr 23, 2009.
  • Ownership: for-profit.
  • No deficiency or on record in the last three years.
Source:

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.
Source:

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): 11.6 nurse care minutes per routine home care day, 7.7% of skilled nursing minutes at weekends and a visit near death for 97.8% of patients who died.
  • Where its patients were cared for (Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024): 27% at home, 59% in assisted living, 14% in a skilled nursing facility.
Source:

CMS, Hospice Provider Data. Released Aug 26, 2026. Updated quarterly.

Staffing measures
MeasureThis provider
Nurse care minutes per routine home care day11.6 min
Skilled nursing minutes at weekends7.7%
Visits near death97.8% of patients who died

Who owns it?

  • 14 owners or officers are people: Dorothy J Maylath (owns 5% or more directly, 100%); Dorothy J Maylath (corporate officer, 100%); Dorothy J Maylath (corporate director, 100%); Dorothy J Maylath (managing employee (on the payroll), 100%); Karen J Corazza (managing employee (on the payroll), 50%); Michael A Maylath (corporate officer, 50%); Michael A Maylath (managing employee (on the payroll), 50%); Dorothy J Maylath (runs it (operational or managerial control), 50%); Karen J Corazza (runs it (operational or managerial control), 25%); Michael A Maylath (runs it (operational or managerial control), 25%); Tina Potestio (managing employee (on the payroll), 25%); Tina Potestio (runs it (operational or managerial control), 25%); John Guerriero (managing employee (under contract), 10%); Daniel Edwin Benyo (managing employee (under contract), 10%).
  • No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
  • No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
Source:

CMS, Hospice All Owners and Hospice Enrollments. Released Sep 29, 2026. Updated quarterly.

What do families say?

  • CMS gives no family caregiver survey rating: “The number of cases is too small to report Star Ratings.”
  • In CMS’s survey of family caregivers (Oct 1, 2023 to Sep 30, 2025): 85% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10, and 90% would definitely recommend it.
  • CMS’s Hospice Care Index: 9 of 10 (Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2024).
  • 94.32% of patients were assessed on all seven of CMS’s measures at the start of care (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025); 60.8% had visits from a nurse or social worker on at least 2 of their last 3 days (Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2024).
Source:

CMS, CAHPS Hospice Survey and Hospice Provider Data. Released Aug 26, 2026. Updated quarterly.

Ratings and measures, as published
MeasureRating
Family caregiver survey ratingCMS star rating from its survey of patients’ family caregivers, 1 to 5Not rated
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 threshold9 of 10

How does it compare nearby?

  • There aren’t enough hospices serving patients in ZIP code 18251 to compare.
Source:

CMS, Hospice ZIP Data. Released Aug 26, 2026. Updated quarterly.

CMS, QCOR hospice inspection reports. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.

1 compared
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Maylath Valley Health Systems Inc. This hospice0

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.

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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Oct 27, 2026.

From the hospice

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Replies

None. Replies aren’t open yet. When they open, the hospice will be able to answer any finding for free, and the reply will show beside that finding, unedited and dated.

Paid listing

None. Paid listings aren’t open yet. When they open, anything paid for will say “Paid by the hospice”, and paying will never change a finding, a rating or the order of results.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 8, 2026. Updated monthly.

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