Easton Healthcare Agency, Inc

The agency failed to maintain an Emergency Preparedness Plan based on a documented, facility-based and community-based risk assessment, utilizing an all-hazards approach and include strategies for addressing emergency events identified by the risk assessment.

The agency failed to develop and maintain an emergency preparedness plan that included a process for cooperation and collaboration with local, tribal, regional, State, and Federal emergency preparedness officials' efforts to maintain an integrated response during a disaster or emergency situation.

The agency failed to develop a communication plan that included names and contact information for staff, entities providing services under arrangement and patients' physicians.

The agency failed to develop and maintain an emergency preparedness training and testing program that is based on the emergency plan, risk assessment, policies and procedures and the communication plan.

The agency failed to participate in a full-scale exercise that is community-based every two years or conduct a facility-based functional exercise every two years.

The agency failed to ensure the medication profile was reviewed for duplicate drug therapy and failed to ensure the medication profile matched the medications taken in the home for three of three patient medications reviewed (Patient #1, #2, and #3).

Staff interview. the agency failed to ensure the home health aide (HHA) provided services that are included in the plan of care for four of six patients reviewed with home health aide services (Patient #1, #2, #4 and #7).

Staff interview the agency did not have documented evidence a patient received the care as ordered by the physician.