Nevada Preferred Home Health Care LLC

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure the timely submission of OASIS (Outcome and Assessment Information Set) to IQIES (Internet Quality and Improvement and Evaluation System).

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure Advanced Directives were entered into the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) for 1 of 7 patients (Patient (P) 7) reviewed in the sample.

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure nursing goals were included in the plan of care for 1 of 7 patients (Patient (P) 5) reviewed in the sample.

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure that the agency's physicians' orders for medications were entered accurately for 1 of 7 sampled patients (Patient (P) 2).

The agency failed to demonstrate the agency emergency preparedness plan was reviewed and updated at least annually.

The agency failed to demonstrate an emergency preparedness risk assessment was used to develop appropriate interventions for emergency events.

The agency failed to demonstrate specific policies and procedures indicating how and which state and emergency preparedness officials were to be notified about agency patients in need of evacuation due to emergency situations related to the patient's medical or psychiatric needs and/or home…

The agency failed to demonstrate an effective emergency preparedness communication plan was developed to contain how the agency coordinates patient care in the facility, across healthcare providers, and with state and local health departments.

The agency failed to demonstrate there was a primary and alternative method of communicating with staff, Federal, State, tribal, regional, and local emergency management agencies.

The agency failed to demonstrate that causes for adverse patient events were analyzed and specific prevention actions were implemented for four of five calendar quarters of the past 15 months.

The agency failed to ensure the Governing Body had responsibility and oversite regarding the provisions of home health services and the Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement (QAPI) Program.