Pasco/SW Home Health

The agency failed to ensure all medications, interventions, treatments and services provided to patients were accurately documented and included within the clinical record for 1 of 4 patients receiving skilled nursing (SN) services (Patient #5), and 2 of 2 patients receiving certified nurse aide…

G572 - Standard: Conformance with physician orders - The agency failed to ensure the clinicians provided care and services as ordered by the physician G574 - Standard: failed to ensure each patient's Plan of Care covered all pertinent diagnoses, allergies, treatments, patient-specific interventions…

G1024 - Standard: Authentication - The agency failed to ensure clinical record entries contained clear, complete and appropriately authenticated, dated, and timed records.

The clinical staff routinely failed to ensure care followed a written plan of care which had been established and periodically reviewed by a physician.

The agency failed to ensure clinical record entries contained clear, complete and appropriately authenticated, dated, and timed records.

The agency failed to ensure all patient medications were reviewed and reconciled for potential interactions, significant side effects, duplications, discrepancies, noncompliance, ineffective therapy or adverse effects for 2 of 10 patient records reviewed (Patients #5 and #8).

The agency failed to ensure each patient's Plan of Care covered all pertinent diagnoses, allergies, treatments, patient-specific interventions and measurable outcomes and goals identified by the home health agency (HHA) and the patient for 4 of 10 patient records reviewed (Patients #1, #5, #7 and…

The agency failed to ensure drugs, services and treatments were administered as ordered by a physician in 5 of 10 patient records reviewed (Patients #1, #2, #3, #8 and #9).

The agency failed to ensure professional staff promptly alerted the physician of symptoms, concerns and conditions that suggested a need to alter the Plan of Care for 2 of 10 patients reviewed (Patients #1, and #8).

The agency failed to ensure patient care needs, safety and treatment effectiveness was coordinated by all disciplines.

The Administrator failed to organize and direct the agency's ongoing functions and failed to effectively liaise with the governing body, which created a systemic lack of direction, organization and quality oversight.

The agency failed to ensure they employed a nurse with an active Colorado State RN license.