Vna Home Health

The agency failed to encode and electronically transmit each completed Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS), regarding each beneficiary with respect to which information is required to be transmitted (as determined by the Secretary), within thirty days of completing the assessment of the…

The agency failed to ensure services are provided in accordance with the Plan of Care (POC) in one of seventeen records (Patient # 12).

The agency failed to ensure a complete Plan of Care (POC) was developed to meet the individualized needs of the patient in five out of seventeen records (Patient # 2, 6, 11, 13 and 17).

Failure to consult with the physician when changes occur in the patient's condition has the potential for unmet patient needs and/or negative patient outcomes.

The agency failed to ensure adequate supervision of the Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) staff in two of seventeen records reviewed (Patient # 4 and 14).

Failure to consult with the physician when changes occur in the patient's condition has the potential for unmet patient needs and/or negative patient outcomes.

The agency failed to ensure services are provided in accordance with the Plan of Care (POC) in three of eighteen records (Patient # 5, 11 and 18).

The agency failed to ensure in four of eighteen records (Patient # 3, 6, 10 and 14) professional staff maintain an accurate, current and clearly documented record related to the provision of the patient's care.

Failure to conduct the initial assessment within the required time frame has the potential to result in unmet patient needs and negative patient outcomes.

The agency failed to ensure a complete Plan of Care (POC) was developed to meet the individualized needs of the patient in seven of eighteen records (Patient # 2, 3, 5, 6, 15, 16 and 17).

The agency failed to ensure services are provided in accordance with the Plan of Care (POC) in three out of seventeen records (Patient # 2, 11 and 13).

The agency failed to ensure in four out of seventeen records (Patient # 3, 12, 13, and 16) professional staff maintained an accurate, current and clearly documented record related to the provision of the patient's care.

Failure to conduct the initial assessment within the required time frame has the potential to result in unmet patient needs and negative patient outcomes.

The agency failed to ensure a complete Plan of Care (POC) was developed to meet the individualized needs of the patient in seventeen out of seventeen records (Patient # 1-17).

Failure to consult with the physician when changes occur in the patient's condition has the potential for unmet patient needs and/or negative patient outcomes.

The agency failed to ensure in one out of seventeen records (Patient # 16) that changes in the patient's health status are effectively coordinated and communicated.

The agency failed to ensure adequate supervision of the Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) staff in four of seventeen records reviewed (Patient # 1, 7, 11 and 15).

The agency failed to ensure professional staff made an onsite visit to the patient's home every two weeks to supervise the Home Health Aide (HHA) in one out of one records of patients receiving paraprofessional aide services (Patient # 7).