Maxim Healthcare Services

The agency failed to electronically submit their completed Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) assessment to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) system within 30 days of completing the assessment of the beneficiary.

The agency failed to ensure that documentation regarding tube feeding was accurately documented according to agency policy for 1 of 8 sampled patients (#4).

The agency failed to ensure care plans included coordinated care related services from the infusion provider for 1 of 8 sampled residents (#4).

The agency failed to ensure that all entries concerning continuous tube feeding and ventilator respirator rate were complete or clear and accurate, in accordance with policy, in one of seven sampled patients.

The agency failed to coordinate care delivery with emergency medical providers by performing a timely removal of a ventilator from a support stand in one of seven sampled patients.

The agency failed to ensure that services ordered by the physician involving the completion of assigned shifts and the administration of scheduled medications were followed in one of three sampled patients.

The agency failed to ensure that physician ordered services in the form of Gastrostomy Tube use was in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions in one of three sampled patients.

The agency failed to ensure that an incorrect delivery of care in the form of improper G-Tube (Gastrostomy Tube) balloon volume was reported for investigation and coordination by supervisory staff in one of three sampled patients.

The agency failed to ensure that the discovery of a failure in following the plan of care concerning maintenance of a G-Tube (Gastrostomy Tube) was investigated to determine the cause the failure for immediate correction and its potential to threaten the health and safety of the patient in one of…

The agency failed to ensure that assigned home health aides fulfilled their assignments involving number of hours of work per week for 1 of 5 sampled patients (#1).

The facility failed to ensure that the physician was promptly alerted to changes in the patient's needs regarding repositiioning that suggested that the plan of care for wound treatment should be altered in one of five sampled patients (#1).

The facility failed to ensure that services in the form of a Bowel Regimen which were ordered by a physician were followed in a consistent manner for 1 of 5 sampled patients (#1).

The agency failed to ensure it had an up to date Aide Care Plan (c/p) as related to the frequency of showers for 1 of 1 patients observed on a home visit for aide services (#1).

The agency failed to ensure all treatment orders were followed per physician orders as related to a home health aide performing a treatment for 1 of 1 patient home visits observing a home health aide (#1).

The agency failed to ensure the home health aide (HHA) followed the Aide Care Plan (c/p), as prepared by the skilled nurse, for one of one patients receiving HHA services (#1).