Erg Home Health Providers, Inc

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to meet the Condition of Participation for Comprehensive Assessment of Patients as follows: 1. The HHA failed to ensure the comprehensive assessment was accurate and completed for two of nine patients (Patient 1 and Patient 8).

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure the Condition of Participation regarding Care Planning, Coordination, Quality of Care was met as follows: For Patient 1, the HHA failed to follow the patient’s Plan of Care (POC) for blood pressure parameters.

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to meet the Condition of Participation for Compliance with Federal, State, and Local Law as follows: 1. The HHA failed to ensure that the Administrator and Administrator designee had appropriate training and experience in health care administration, and the…

The home health agency (HHA) agency failed to ensure the Condition of Participation for Clinical Records was met as follows: 1. The HHA failed to follow their discharge policy by not completing a discharge summary within 48 hours for one of nine patients (Patient 8).

The facility failed to ensure the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) transmitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) were accurate and reflected the status of the patients at the time of the assessment, for two of nine sample patients (Patients 2 and 3).

The home health agency (HHA) failed to provide care and services in accordance with the plan of care for 5 of 9 patients (Patients 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5) by failing to: 1. Ensure the physician was notified promptly when Patient 1's blood pressure reading was out of parameters.

The home health agency (HHA) failed to implement and maintain an effective, ongoing, data-driven quality assessment and performance improvement program (QAPI).

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to provide sharps container for disposal of needles for one of nine sampled patients (Patient 1).

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure that the Administrator and Administrator designee had appropriate training and experience in health care administration, and the Licensed Vocational Nurses, (LVN 3 and LVN 4) had one-year prior professional nursing experience This deficient practice had…

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure that agency had an updated Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment waiver (CLIA, a federal program that regulates simple laboratory testing that requires certification by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) before they can accept human…

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure patients' clinical records were completed, signed, and dated for four of nine sampled patients (Patients 1, 2, 3 and 4).

The HHA failed to ensure the comprehensive assessment was accurate and completed within five days from Start of Care (SOC) for two of nine patients (Patient 1 and Patient 8).

The home health agency (HHA) failed to ensure the homebound status of two of nine sample patients (Patient 2 and Patient 3) were clearly identified in the comprehensive assessment.

The home health agency (HHA) failed to maintain the current medication profiles for three of nine sampled patients (Patients 1, 2, and 3).

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure the physician's orders in the plan of care were implemented for three of nine sampled patients (Patient 6, 7, and 9).

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to report to the physician the change in patient condition for two of nine sampled patients (Patient 1 and Patient 8).

The home health agency (HHA) failed to employ qualified personnel by failing to: - Ensure Registered Nurse (RN 1) and Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN 2, LVN 3, LVN 4, LVN 5, LVN 6), had updated History and Physical examinations. - Ensure Registered Nurse (RN 1) and Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN 2…

The home health agency (HHA) failed to follow their discharge policy by not completing the discharge summary within 48 hours for one of nine sampled patients (Patient 8).

The home health agency (HHA) nursing staff failed to manage a patient's pain by not assessing effectiveness of the pain intervention for one of 10 sample patients.

The home health agency failed to appoint a qualified Director of Patient Care Services (DPCS) and designee to oversee the nursing staff caring for 103 active patients.

The home health agency failed to provide a Spanish speaking nurse which could impact the overall effectiveness of the nursing treatment provided for one of 10 sample patients (7).

The home health agency (HHA) staff failed to review the medications to ensure they were current and updated for one of ten sample patients (Patient 2).