Medco Home Healthcare, Inc

The agency failed to ensure that the goals on the Plan of Care were objectively measurable to determine the patient's progress towards obtaining the goals in 1 of 7 (MR#5) records reviewed.

The agency failed to ensure the comprehensive assessment included a review of all medications to determine any duplicate therapy, drug interactions, or adverse effects, and failed to ensure the physician was notified of potential significant drug interactions or duplicate therapy in 1 of 7 (P-3)…

The agency failed to ensure skilled professionals provided services as ordered by the physician in the plan of care for 2 of 7 (P-1 and P-6) records reviewed, resulting in the potential for a poor outcome for this patient.

The agency failed to ensure a transfer summary was sent to the receiving facility within 2 days of becoming aware of an unplanned transfer for 2 of 2 (P-3, 6) records reviewed in which the patient was transferred, and failed to ensure a discharge summary was sent to the physician within 5 business…

MR#4: The Start of Care (SOC) was dated 6/3/21. The Plan of Care (POC) identified diagnoses of Hypertension and Chronic Kidney Disease.

The agency failed to ensure a registered nurse conducted a review of the patient's medications for any potential adverse effects such as: side effects, drug interactions, and duplicate drug therapy for 1 of 3 (MR# 2) records reviewed with therapy only services, and failed to reconcile the patient's…

The agency failed to document and accurately assess the patient's allergies.

The agency failed to ensure a discharge summary was sent to the physician within 5 business days of the patient's discharge for 2 of 2 (MR# 2 and 7) records reviewed in which the patient was discharged from the agency, resulting in the physician not having knowledge of the patient's health status…