Ohio First Home Healthcare, Inc

The agency failed to ensure home health aides provided services included in the plan of care (G800).

The facility failed to ensure a registered nurse practiced according to the agency's policies and procedures for one of three patients reviewed (Patient #1).

The facility failed to ensure a registered nurse conducted an initial assessment visit to determine the immediate care and support needs of the patient; and, for Medicare patients, to determine eligibility for the Medicare home health benefit, including homebound status within 48 hours of a…

The agency failed to ensure home health aides provided services included in the plan of care for one of three patients reviewed (Patient #1).

The agency failed to ensure a home health aide reported changes in a patient's condition to a registered nurse for one of three patients reviewed (Patient #1).

The facility failed to develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure that all staff are fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and failed to ensure at least 100 percent of the staff were vaccinated within 90 days from the effective date of the healthcare worker vaccine mandate.

The facility failed to ensure all staff were fully vaccinated against COVID-19 at 100 percent compliance within the effective date of the healthcare worker vaccine mandate.

The agency failed to ensure that all pertinent information was provided to the patient and included within the medical record for review.

Staff interview the agency failed to prepare clinical notes (G716) and failed to ensure communication with the physician (G718) in order to meet the needs of the patients.

Staff interview the agency failed to ensure nursing staff prepared clinical notes of wound assessment including wound measurements.

The agency failed to ensure staff communicated with the physician regarding the patients' pain levels and ineffectiveness of the pain medication, refusal of care and missed visits.