Northeast Georgia Home Health

The agency physician failed to sign plan of care (POC) for five patients (P) (P#1, P#4, P#6, P#8, and P#9) of 21 sampled patients.

The agency failed to ensure the patient plan of care (POC), contained complete, concise and clear documentation of all services, including dialysis interventions to monitor dialysis site for infection or bleeding after dialysis procedures, teaching, evaluations, treatments, progress notes, and…

The home health agency physician failed to sign patient plan of care (POC) within 30 days for five patients (P) (P#1, P#4, P#6, P#8, P#9), of 21 sampled patients.

The agency failed to obtain patient weight, calf measurement, and document findings as ordered for five patients (P) (P#1, P#3, P#4, P#5, P#6) of 21 sampled patients.

The agency failed to notify physician for weights not completed for five patients (P) (P#1, P#3, P#4, P#5, P#6) of 21 sampled patients.

The agency failed to ensure the patients' individualized plan of care included all of the required elements to address the patients' needs for 12 of 17 sampled Patients (P) #1, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7 , #10, #11, #13, #14, #15, and #17. Findings Include: 1. Review of the plan of care/treatment for P#6…

The agency staff failed to ensure treatments were administered only as ordered by the physician for 1 of 17 Patient's (P) #5 who receive home health services.