Amedisys Home Health Services

The agency failed to ensure the patient's written Plan of Care was followed as evidenced by physician’s orders not followed for 1 (Patient #12) of 13 (Patients #1-#13) sampled patient records reviewed.

The agency failed to ensure a Registered Nurse performed an assessment of a patient’s wounds at least weekly, including measuring the wound, per the agency policy for 1 (#12) of 1 sampled patients with pressure ulcers.

The agency failed to include pertinent diagnoses and monitoring in the POC for 1 (#2) of 10 sampled patients for a patient receiving SN and PT services.

The agency failed to ensure a review of all medications was conducted each visit in order to identify any potential adverse effects and drug reactions, and noncompliance with drug therapy.

The agency failed to ensure conformance with physician orders as evidenced by failure of the skilled nurse to report blood glucose readings greater than 250 as ordered by the physician (#1), and to observe and assess integumentary status to identify changes and intervene to minimize complications…

The HHA failed to ensure the POC was reviewed and revised to include discharge orders for a patient after an inpatient stay at an acute care hospital for 1 (#2) of 10 sampled patients (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9 and #10. Findings: Review of patient #2's POC with recertification dates of…

The agency failed to coordinate the care of a patient and ensure that a treatment of antibiotic therapy was not delayed for a patient who was diagnosed with a Urinary Tract infection (#5); coordinate with the RN/DON the care of a patient after an ER visit (#1), and ensure HHA coordination with a…

The agency failed to ensure supervision of skilled professional assistants as evidence by failure to ensure a LPN immediately communicated significant abnormal findings to the RN related to the resident's elevated blood glucose readings, fractured toes, ER visit and fall for 1 (#1) of 10 sampled…

The agency failed to ensure a review of all medications was conducted each visit in order to identify any potential adverse effects and drug reactions, and noncompliance with drug therapy (#1).