Key Home Health Care

The agency failed to encode and electronically transmit each completed OASIS (Outcome and Assessment Information Set) within 30 days of completion date of the assessment.

The agency failed to have the Plan of Care (PoC) reviewed and revised by the physician no less frequently than every 60 days, beginning with the Start of Care (SOC) date for 1 (#4) of 10 (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9 and #10) sampled patients reviewed.

The home health agency failed to ensure the RN provided home health agency services in accordance with current clinical practice guidelines and accepted professional standards for 2 of 2 (#8, #10) patients reviewed for pressure ulcers.

The agency failed to ensure staff followed accepted standards of practice for infection control to prevent the transmission of infections and communicable diseases during 1 (#3) of 4 (#3, #4, #5, and #6) home visits conducted with agency staff.

The agency failed to ensure the comprehensive assessment was completed in a timely manner, consistent with the patient's immediate needs, but no later than 5 calendar days after the start of care for 1 (Patient #8) of 10 (Patients #1-10) total sampled patient records reviewed.

The agency failed to ensure the patients' comprehensive assessments included a review of all medications the patients were currently using.