Central Home Health Services of Texas LLC

The home health agency failed to ensure the confidentiality and protection of 11 of 17 active and discharged patients’ (#7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17) Protected health information in that an unauthorized individual had documents containing confidential medical and identifying…

The agency failed to notify 1 of 6 patients reviewed (Patient #4) , their representative (if any), the physician(s) or allowed practitioner(s) issuing orders for the home health plan of care, and the patient's primary care practitioner or other health care professional of Patient #4's discharge in…

The agency failed to ensure that services and treatments were administered as ordered by the physician or allowed practitioner for 1 of 6 patients (Patient #1) in that: The agency failed to document the physician orders for wound care to be provided to Patient #1 twice weekly by the agency.