Baton Rouge General Home Health

The agency failed to ensure each OASIS was successfully transmitted to the CMS system within 30 days of completion.

The agency failed to ensure the OASIS accurately reflected the patient’s Pressure Ulcer status at the time of the assessment for 1 (#14) of 4 patients reviewed with Pressure Ulcers.

The agency failed to ensure the Registered Nurse provided Skilled Professional Services in accordance with current clinical practice guidelines as set forth by the Louisiana State Board of Nursing Declaratory Statement for Scope of Practice for Registered Nurses - Wound Care Management and accepted…

The agency failed to ensure a registered nurse or qualified therapist prepared written patient care instructions for the home health aide for 1 (#16) of 4 patients reviewed for home health aide services.

The agency failed to ensure the Plan of Care was signed by the authorized healthcare provider within 60 days for 1 (#16) of 17 sampled patients reviewed.

The agency failed to assure communication with all physicians involved in the Plan of Care.

The agency failed to integrate and provide home health aide services ordered at the time of referral for 1 (#11) of 4 patients reviewed for home health aide services.

The agency failed to ensure home health aide supervisory assessments were completed no less than every 14 days for 2 (#3 and #16) of 4 patients reviewed for home health aide services.

The agency failed to ensure a completed discharge summary was sent to the patients’ primary care practitioner or other health care professional responsible for providing care and services to the patient after discharge within 5 business days of the patients’ discharge from the agency for 2 (#15 and…

The agency failed to ensure the patient’s comprehensive assessment included a review of all medications the patient was currently using.

The agency failed to communicate with the Physician and Dialysis Center for 1 (#3) of 5 (#1, #2, #3, #4, and #5) patients reviewed with home visits.

The agency failed to ensure the patient's comprehensive assessments included a review of all medications the patients were currently using.

The agency's skilled professionals failed to deliver services and practice according to the HHA's policies and procedures for 1 (#3) of 5 (#3, #4, #5, #6, #7) patients reviewed for wound care when the patient's wounds were not assessed and measured by agency's nursing staff.

Staff and patient interviews the agency failed to ensure patients' comprehensive assessments included a review of all medications the patients were currently using.

The agency failed to provide services that were ordered by the physician as indicated in the plan of care for 2 (#3, #7) of 5 (#3, #4, #5, #6, #7) patients that were reviewed for wound care.