Assisted Home Care

The home health agency (HHA) failed to ensure patients’ plan of care (POC) for home visits were followed, and documented for three (3) active patients (Patient 6, 8 15) and one (1) discharged (Patient 11) patient and failed to follow the POC during the certified home health aide (CHHA) home visit…

The home health agency (HHA) failed to ensure medications were reviewed and the current medication profile was updated to reflect the medications the patient was taking for one of 17 sampled patients (Patient 3).

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure the written plan of care (POC) for six (patient 6, 11, 13, 14, 15, and 17) of 17 sampled patients were implemented and coordinated with the prescriber when: 1) patient 6 missed a physical therapy (PT) service on 8/22/23 and the prescriber was not…

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure Patient 3's medications on the plan of care were available for use at home as ordered by the physician.

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure the physician was notified about the missed skilled nursing visits for two of seventeen sampled patients (Patients 11 & 14).

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure skilled nursing visits were provided as indicated in their plan of care for two of 17 sampled patients (Patients 11 & 14).