New Vision Home Health Agency, Inc

The home health agency failed to develop and implement policies and procedures to include the process to track and document COVID 19 ( highly contagious respiratory disease caused by a virus that can spread for person to person) vaccination status for all staffs.

The home health agency failed to ensure skilled nursing visit notes are accurate and completed for 2 of 7 patients (Patients 1 and 2).

The following medications were not in the medication profile: 1. Diclofenac 75 milligram(mg) oral (po) twice a day, dated 08/04/2022, 2. Hyzaar 100mg/25mg po daily, dated 07/28/2022, 3. Oxybutynin 5mg po daily, dated 8/04/2022, and 4. Promethazine 5mg po three times a day as needed for cough, dated…

The home health agency (HHA) nurse failed to perform fingerstick testing (a test to check blood sugar levels) in accordance with the plan of care for two of 7 sampled patients (Patients 4 and 5).

The agency staff failed to provide patient and/or caregiver teaching regarding insulin (a hormone which regulates the amount of glucose in the blood) management for one of 7 sampled patients (Patient 4).

The agency nursing staff failed to assess a patient's pain status for one of seven sample patients (Patient 5).

The home health agency (HHA) staff failed to review all the medications and update the medication profile with currently used medications for one of seven sampled patients (Patient 1).

The skilled nurses failed to to change a suprapubic catheter every week as ordered for one of seven sample patients (Patient 3).