Centerwell Home Health

Staff interviews the Home Health Agency failed to ensure transfer summaries were completed for 1 (Patient #1) and failed to ensure a discharged summary was sent to the primary care practitioner for 1 (Patient #5) of 3 patients reviewed for discharge and transfer summaries.

The agency failed to ensure a completed discharge summary for services for 2 patients (Patient #3 and #10) of 18 patients reviewed.

The agency failed to provide visits and treatments per the plan of care and notify the responsible physician of such missed visits for 4 (Patients #2, #8, #3 and #7) of 17 records reviewed.

The home health agency failed to identify and conduct a complete review of medications for 2 (Patients #6 and #10) of 7 patients selected for home visits.

The agency failed to administer treatments only as ordered by the physician for 1 (Patient #8) of two home visits to patients receiving wound care.

The facility failed to immediately report a theft of narcotic medications to the proper authorities after it was reported by one patient's spouse for 1 (Patient #1) of 3 patients surveyed.

The agency failed to ensure patient's with wounds and/or ileostomy conduit was assessed during each visit; failed to ensure accurate documentation of Heparin administration for 1 (Patient #1) of 3 patients surveyed.