Home Health & Hospice of Dickinson County

The Home Health agency failed to ensure all documentation entries were authenticated with an occupational title of the author of the visit notes for 7 of 7 sample patient records.

The home health agency (HHA) failed to provide the patient and caregiver a copy of written medication administration instructions in a language that they can understand in 6 of 7 Patients (Patients 1 - 6).

The above-named Home Health Agency failed to report all agency branch locations to the state survey agency (KDHE) when adding a location and prior to current survey.

The home health agency (HHA) failed to ensure the clinical record included all interventions, including medication administration, treatments, and services provided for 4 of 7 sample records reviewed (Patients 3 - 6).

The Home Health agency failed to conduct a medication regimen review (a review of all patient medications done to avoid medication errors such as duplications or drug interactions) for two of two patients (Patients 4 and 5) when new medications were added to Patient 4's and 5's Plans of Care (POCs…

The Home Health agency failed to complete a comprehensive assessment OASIS document (a document that identified the patient's need for home care and that meets the patient's medical, nursing, rehabilitative, social, and discharge planning needs) for one of two patients (Patient 7) when Patient 7…

The Home Health agency failed to provide the number of therapy visits ordered by the physician for two of four patients (Patients 1 and 4).