Apc Home Health Services

The agency failed to ensure transfer summaries were provided to the primary care practitioner or other health care professional responsible for 2 of 2 Discharged Patients (#6 & #7) whose records were reviewed.

The agency failed to ensure each patient’s individualized plan of care included safety measures to protect against injury for 1 of 1 (Patient #4) patient reviewed who had a hemodialysis catheter [a medical tube inserted into a large vein which can be connected to a medical device used to cleanse…

The skilled nurse failed to provide services ordered by the physician as indicated in the plan of care for 1 of 1 (Patient #13) patient reviewed with physician orders for the skilled nurse to check the patient’s blood glucose level [the amount of glucose or sugar in the blood] during visits if not…

The skilled nurse failed to prepare clinical notes for 2 of 2 (Patient #3 and Patient #4) patients reviewed for whom the skilled nurse failed to document coordination of care with the physician.

The agency failed to ensure each patient’s clinical record included the patient’s current comprehensive assessment, including all the assessments from the most recent home health admission, for 3 of 6 (Patient #9, Patient #13, and Patient #15) patients reviewed with a diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes…

The agency failed to ensure each clinical record included all interventions, including treatments and services, for 2 of 8 (Patient #3 and Patient #7) patients reviewed with physician orders for the skilled nurse to provide wound care to the patient.