Simple Touch Home Health Care, Inc
Inspection 2025-05-16
· Complaint · 8 deficiencies · CMS source report (PDF)The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure the Condition of Participation for Release of patient identifiable OASIS information was met as follows: 1. The Home Health Agency failed to ensure the OASIS accurately reflected the patients status for five of five sampled patients (Patient 8, Patient…
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A public or private organization that delivers skilled nursing and other therapeutic services to a patient’s place of residence) failed to ensure the Condition of Participation (conditions that health care organizations must meet in order to begin and continue participating in the Medicare and…
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The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure the Condition of Participation for Organization and administration of service was met as follows: 1. The Home Health agency failed to ensure a governing body assume responsibility for the operations of the HHA by failing to: a.
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The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure the OASIS accurately reflected the patients status for five of five sampled patients (Patient 8, Patient 9, Patient 10, Patient 11, and Patient 12): 1. Patient 8 had a start of care (SOC) on 3/27/2025, with diagnosis of radiculopathy lumbar region.
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A public or private organization that delivers skilled nursing and other therapeutic services to a patient’s personal residence) failed to ensure that three of five sampled patients (Patient 9, Patient 10, and Patient 11) received home health services that are written in an individualized plan of…
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The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure a governing body assume responsibility for the operations of the HHA by failing to: a.
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The Home Health Agency failed to ensure that all clinical record entries were clear, complete, and appropriately authenticated, signed, dated, and timed for five of five sampled patients (Patient 8, Patient 9, Patient 10, Patient 11, and Patient 12).
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The Home Health Agency failed to ensure the safeguarding of clinical records against unauthorized access or loss for five of five sampled patients (Patient 8, Patient 9, Patient 10, Patient 11, and Patient 12).
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Inspection 2025-02-13
· Complaint · 9 deficiencies · CMS source report (PDF)An organization that delivers skilled nursing and other therapeutic services to a patient at home) failed to meet the Condition of Participation for Comprehensive Assessment of Patients as follows: a.
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An organization that delivers skilled nursing and other therapeutic services to a patient at home) failed to ensure the Condition of Participation for Clinical Records was met as follows: a.
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An organization that delivers skilled nursing and other therapeutics service to a patient at home) failed to update the comprehensive assessment (in-person clinical assessment of the patient's physical, functional, mental, psychosocial, and cognitive status to identify the needs of the patient and…
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The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure a registered nurse (RN) completed the initial comprehensive assessment within 48 hours of the physician’s referral and/or the start of care for one of 7 sampled patients (Patient 4).
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The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure the comprehensive assessment (the required in-person clinical assessment of the patient's physical, functional, mental, psychosocial, and cognitive status to identify the needs of the patient and caregiver that will be addressed by the home health…
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The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to assess the patients' continuing need for home care services for four of 7 sampled patients (Patient 1, Patient 2, Patient 5 and Patient 6).
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The home health agency (HHA) failed to maintain an accurate current medication profile for one of 7 sampled patients (Patient 5).
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The Home Health Agency (HHA) staffs failed to submit nursing clinical notes within five (5) calendar days of the patient start of care as indicated in their policy and procedure for four of 7 sampled patients (Patient 1, Patient 2, Patient 4 and Patient 5).
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The home health agency (HHA) failed to follow their discharge policy by not completing the discharge summary (a written document by a health facility that includes the reason for discharge, the patient discharge condition, and patient and family instructions) within 72 hours of discharge from home…
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