Ohio Living Home Health Greater Cleveland

The agency failed to ensure a registered nurse conducted an initial assessment visit to determine the immediate care and support needs of the patient within 48 hours of referral/patient's return home or on the physician ordered start of care date.

The agency failed to ensure a registered nurse (RN) conducted an initial assessment visit to determine the immediate care and support needs of the patient within 48 hours of referral/patient's return home or on the physician ordered start of care date.

The agency failed to ensure an initial assessment visit was held within 48 hours of referral, or within 48 hours of the patient's return home, or on the physician-ordered start of care date for two patients (Patient #1 and #13) of 17 medical records reviewed for timely start of care assessments.