Assured Home Health

The agency failed to transmit discharged patient data to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) database in a timely manner for 464 of 3046 records transmitted between 05/01/23 and 05/31/24. Failure to transmit patient data timely could result in inaccurate data and cause delays for…

The agency failed to operationalize infection control policies and procedures consistent with state regulations that included conducting tuberculosis (TB) risk assessments at hire for 2 of 2 contractors that provided direct patient care (#508 and #509).

The agency failed to properly prevent COVID-19 through failure to ensure that staff wore eye protection consistent with Washington State regulations for 3 of 9 Home Health staff (Staff #403, #408, #501, #504).

The agency failed to follow its patient infection identification program for COVID-19. Failure to follow the infection identification program places patients and staff at risk for late identification and transmission of communicable disease.

The agency failed to implement policies and procedures consistent with state licensing requirements for 6 of 13 staff reviewed, through failure to complete approved disclosure statements and criminal background checks for 2 staff (Staff #411 and #412) (Item 1), failure to renew disclosure…

The agency failed to conduct the initial patient assessment in a timely manner for 3 of 17 patients (#402, #501, #514).

The agency failed to follow physician's orders for frequency of visits for 4 of 17 patients (#501, #504, #506, #517).

The agency failed to properly prevent COVID-19 through failure to ensure that staff wore eye protection consistent with Washington State regulations for 3 of 9 Home Health staff (Staff #403, #408, #501, #504).

The agency failed to follow its patient infection identification program for COVID-19. Failure to follow the infection identification program places patients and staff at risk for late identification and transmission of communicable disease.