Ensure Home Health Care, Inc

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure the Condition of Participation regarding Care Planning, Coordination, Quality of Care was met as follows: 1. The HHA failed to ensure to provide care and services to one of seven sampled patients (Patient 4), who had visual impairment, as ordered by the…

The home health agency (HHA) failed to ensure the emergency preparedness plan (EPP, the steps taken to make sure patients and staffs are safe before, during and after an emergency or natural disaster) policy was reviewed and updated in an annual basis.

The home health agency (HHA) failed to ensure the emergency preparedness (EP, the steps taken to make sure patients and staffs are safe before, during and after an emergency or natural disaster) plan/drill for field staffs in-service training/drill were completed in an annual basis.

The home health agency (HHA) failed to update, develop, and incorporate changes in the plan of care (POC, a plan should outline what needs to be done to manage patient care needs.

The home health agency (HHA) failed to collect data quarterly for the Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI, is a data driven and proactive approach to quality improvement for continuously identifying opportunities for improvement) to be able to identify problems and ensure quality of…

The governing body failed to assume full legal authority and responsibility for the overall management and operation of the HHA.

The home health agency failed to document all patient care orders in the clinical records for one out of seven sampled Patients (Patient 4).

) failed to provide care and services to two of seven sampled patients (Patients 1 and 4).

The home health agency (HHA) failed to ensure a home health aide receive at least 12 hours of in-service training during each 12-month period and in-services provided to all the clinical staff.