Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc.

The home health agency (HHA) failed to ensure that the tube feeding was administered according to physician’s order for one of seven sampled patients (Patient 5).

The agency failed to notify the physician of missed visits for one of seven sampled patients (Patient 4).

The agency failed to ensure privacy of records was maintained when nursing documentation was submitted via mail without verification of receipt and contained patient identifiable information for a census of 53. This failure had the potential for the records to be lost and expose patient's private…

The agency failed to ensure medications were available for use and documented after administration for 1 of 7 sampled patients (Patient 2).

The facility failed to ensure that medical records contained accurate information when three of seven sampled patients (Patient 2, Patient 4, and Patient 6) did not have the current "Nursing Flow Sheets" in the medical record.