Medi Home Health Agency

The agency failed to ensure that each patient received home health services as ordered by the physician/non-physician practitioner in the patient's individualized plan of care for one (1) of (13) clinical records in the survey sample (Clinical record #9).

The agency failed to ensure patients were informed about and consented to the frequency of proposed visits in advance of starting care for nine (9) of (13) patients in the survey sample (Clinical records #’s 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11 and 13).

The agency failed to ensure wound care and treatments were administered only as ordered by a physician for one (1) of (13) clinical records in the survey sample (Clinical record: #8).

The agency failed to send the patient's discharge summary to the primary care physician or primary care practitioner within 5 business days from the date of the final visit and failed to send the patient's transfer summary within 2 business days of becoming aware of an unplanned transfer for five…

The agency staff failed to follow the plan of care for three (3) of fourteen (14) medical records reviewed in the survey sample (medical records # 7, 12, and 13).

The agency failed to ensure the patient's individualized plan of care included evidence that the patient participated in goal setting and/or agreed with goals identified by the HHA (Home Health Agency) for fourteen (14) of fourteen (14) medical records reviewed in the survey sample (medical…