Tesmac LLC

The agency failed to ensure the POC had the correct SOC dates, discipline, and duration of services to be provided for 3 of 3 active clinical records reviewed (Patients: #1, 5, and 6).

The agency failed to ensure home health aides were appropriately trained prior to providing aide services to patients; failed to ensure home health aides had completed appropriate home health aide competency training (see G0754), Based on record review and interview the agency failed to ensure it…

The agency failed to ensure a transfer summary had been completed and sent to appropriate parties, for 1 of 1 transferred patient reviewed.

The agency failed to ensure direct care staff followed appropriate infection control practices per agency policy while providing patient care, in 2 of 2 RN home visits observed.

The agency failed to document evidence home health aides had successfully completed a competency evaluation program before furnishing direct care to agency clients, in 2 of 2 HHA personnel records reviewed.

The agency failed to ensure the documentation of home health aide services was completed and documented, as ordered in the Plan of Care, for 1 of 3 active patients receiving HHA services.

The agency failed to ensure timely SOCs and failed to ensure documentation as to cause of delay, in 2 of 7 active records reviewed.

The agency failed to ensure home health aides were qualified to provide services by failing to ensure they had completed appropriate home health aide competency training, in 2 of 2 HHA personnel files reviewed.

The agency failed to ensure it retained documented evidence of completed home health aide competency evaluation program, for 2 of 2 HHAs.

The agency failed to ensure home health aide supervisory visits were conducted, in 1 of 3 active patients receiving HHA services.