Bayada Home Health Care Inc

The facility failed to ensure all patients received an initial assessment within 48 hours of the prescriber’s referral in one of nine active medical records reviewed (Patients (P 7).

The facility failed to ensure staff complete medication reconciliation during reassessments in accordance with facility policy, in one of five home visits conducted (Patient (P)2).

The facility failed to ensure that 1.) physicians are notified when a plan of care is altered due to fewer visits or hours of service being provided in one of three active medical records reviewed (Patient (P) 5); and 2.) physicians are notified when services requested in referral are not provided…

The facility failed to ensure the Administrator was appointed by the governing body.

The facility failed to ensure clinical services provided by personnel, from a separately licensed home health agency, are furnished under a written agreement or contractual arrangement.

The facility failed to ensure services ordered by the physician are provided in accordance with the plan of care.

The facility failed to adhere to acceptable standards of infection control to minimize infections and the transmission of communicable diseases.