Amedisys Home Health

The Home Health Agency staff failed to complete comprehensive assessments to accurately reflect the patient's current health status in one (1) of twelve (12) active clinical records receiving skilled services.

The Home Health Agency failed to ensure the clinician developed an individualized Plan of Care and included all required elements to have the psychosocial and cognitive status for two (2) of the twelve (12) active clinical records reviewed (Patients #2, and 3).

The Home Health Agency staff failed to submit completed discharge summaries within five (5) business days of discharge to the primary care physicians for two (2) of five (5) closed record reviews.

The Home Health Agency staff failed to document a complete comprehensive assessment that accurately reflected the patient's current health status and consistent with the patient's immediate needs for one (1) of 17 clinical records (Patient # 10).

The Home Health Agency's staff failed to document and provide the patient and caregiver with a copy of written instructions related to the patient's care and treatments, specific to the patient's care needs for two (2) of seven (7) Home Visits conducted (Patients #1 and 6).

The agency's clinician failed to document updated comprehensive assessments at discharge to include summaries of patients' progress in meeting care plan goals in two (2) of five (5) closed clinical records for dicharged patients (Patients #8, and 9).

The agency's staff failed to ensure that patients' developed Plans of Care were individualized, included all pertinent diagnoses; types of services, supplies, and equipment required; rehabilitation potential; functional limitations; nutritional requirements; all medications and treatments; safety…

The Home Health Agency's staff failed to integrate services to assure the identification of patient needs and factors that could affect patient safety and treatment effectiveness and the coordination of care provided by all disciplines for one (1) of seven (7) Home Visits conducted (Patients #6).

The agency's clinician failed to document complete and accurate discharge summaries in four (4) of five (5) closed clinical records for discharged patients (Patients #8, 9, 10, and 11).