Trinity Hospitals Home Health

The agency failed to provide services written in the plan of care for 1 of 3 closed records (Patient #9) reviewed.

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure a registered nurse (RN) performed the supervisory visit no less frequently than every 14 days for 2 of 3 sampled patients (Patient #4 and #5) receiving home health aide services for more than two weeks.

The Home Health Agency failed to notify the patient’s physician of alterations to the plan of care for 10 of 10 sampled patients (Patient #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, and #10) Failure to notify the physician of missed visits limited the physician’s ability to determine whether the service or…

The Home Health Agency failed to ensure individuals providing therapeutic services provided those services within the scope of practice for their profession for 2 of 7 sampled patients (Patient #2 and #7) who received therapy services.

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to adhere to the frequency of visits as ordered by the physician for 2 of 4 active patient's (Patient #3 and #4) records reviewed who received skilled therapy.