Home Health Connection, Inc

The agency failed to ensure that if a state court has not adjudged a patient to lack legal capacity to make health care decisions as defined by state law, the patient's representative may exercise the patient's rights (G424).

The agency failed to ensure that if a state court has not adjudged a patient to lack legal capacity to make health care decisions as defined by state law, the patient's representative may exercise the patient's rights for nine of 15 pediatric patients reviewed (Patient #2, #3, #6, #7, #8, #9, #11…

The agency failed to ensure the patient had the right to participate in, be informed about, and consent or refuse care in advance of and during treatment, where appropriate for nine of 15 pediatric patients reviewed (Patient #2, #3, #6, #7, #8, #9, #11, #12, and #13).