Sun Home Health Care at Columbus, Inc

The agency failed to ensure the individualized plan of care included the frequency and duration of visits to be made for three of seven patients reviewed (Patient #1, #3, and #4).

The agency failed to have a comprehensive plan that included all hazard community and facility based risk assessment, a comprehensive communication plan with all required elements and failed to have evidence of emergency preparedness training and testing.

The agency failed to include a documented, facility-based and community-based risk assessment, utilizing an all-hazards approach and did not include strategies for addressing emergency events identified by the risk assessment.

The agency failed to develop a communication plan to be reviewed and updated annually as required.

The agency failed to develop an emergency preparedness training and testing program to be updated annually.

The agency failed to ensure a record of current medications for one of seven patients whose records were reviewed (Patient #2).

The agency did not list all services to be provided on the physician's ordered plan of care (485).

Staff interview the agency failed to ensure the home health aide (HHA) was present for a supervisory visit for a patient not receiving skilled services.

Staff interview the agency failed to notify the physician of missed Skilled Nursing (SN) visits.