G0462: Before Discharge For Cause Hha Must:
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Data from CMS inspection reports (Form 2567), 2018-01-02 to 2026-10-15, downloaded 2026-10-21; CMS agency list file dated 2026-09-21. CMS source file. What the labels mean
Where it was cited
- Missouri19
- Indiana8
- Iowa7
- Ohio6
- Oklahoma5
- California3
- Kansas3
- Minnesota3
- Alabama2
- Colorado2
- Arkansas1
- Florida1
- Idaho1
- Maryland1
- North Carolina1
- Oregon1
- Washington1
- Wyoming1
Most recent citations
The 20 most recent of 66 citations. Newest inspection first.
Summit Home Health Care
The agency failed to assist consumers and representatives with contact information for other agencies or providers who may be able to provide care after a discharge.
Centerwell Home Health
The agency failed to complete all requirements when discharging patients for cause.
Baxter Health Home Health Marion County
The agency failed to ensure efforts were made to resolve an issue prior to a discharge for cause for 1 of 1 (#1) clinical record reviewed.
Wesley Life Home Health
The agency failed to document the patient's behaviors and circumstances that warranted patient's discharge for cause and the agency's efforts to resolve the problems prior to discharging the patient for cause for 1 of 1 sampled patients discharged for behaviors or non-compliance (Patient #5)…
Harbors Home Health / Hospice
The agency failed to show that the patient’s behaviors and circumstances to the extent that delivery of care to the patient or the ability of the agency to operate effectively was seriously impaired that warranted the patient’s discharge for cause for patient #119. Failure to determine appropriate…
Adoration Home Health
The home health agency failed to evidence they met and followed their discharge policy, related to discharge for cause, for 1 of 1 patient discharged for cause in the previous six-month period (Patient #10).
Genesis Vna
The agency failed to document the patient's behaviors and circumstances that warranted patient's discharge for cause and the agency's efforts to resolve the problems prior to discharging the patient for cause for 1 of 1 sampled patients discharged for behaviors or non-compliance (Patient #17)…
Cooperative Home Care, Inc
The home health provider failed to ensure that criteria were met to facilitate a transfer or discharge from care in one of two discharge records reviewed (Record/Patient #5).
Marshall County Home Health, Inc
The agency failed to ensure an ABN was provided prior to being discharged from the agency for one (Patient #7) of eight patients.
Continental Home Health Care, Inc
The agency failed to ensure a safe transfer and/or discharge.
White Earth Home Health
The agency failed to ensure adequate cause for discharge, failed to provide appropriate notice prior to discharge and failed to make efforts to resolve concerns prior to discharging 1 of 1 patient (P1) from the agency.
American Primary Healthcare LLC
The facility failed to show cause before discharging one of three patients reviewed (Patient #10).
Aveanna Healthcare
The agency failed to document the patient's behaviors and circumstances that warranted patient's discharge for cause and the agency's efforts to resolve the problems prior to discharging the patient for cause for 1 of 1 sampled patients discharged for behaviors or non-compliance (Patient #6)…
Maxim Healthcare Services Inc
The agency failed to determine that the patient's (or other persons in the patient's home) behavior is disruptive, abusive, or uncooperative to the extent that delivery of care to the patient or the ability of the HHA to operate effectively is seriously impaired before it discharged two of three…
Liberty Home Care
Staff interview the agency failed to notify a patient/representative that a discharge from occupational therapy for cause (uncooperative for care) was being considered and failed to make efforts to resolve the problem for 1 of 1 patient that was discharged for cause.
Traditions Health of SE Oklahoma
The agency failed to demonstrate adequate discharge for cause for one (Patient #10) of three patients.
Centerwell Home Health
The home health agency failed to follow all the required steps for discharge for cause for 1 of 1 patient record reviewed who was discharged for cause (Patient #3).
Celebrity Home Health
The agency failed to discharge patients when an Assisted Living Facility (ALF-a living arrangement in which people with special needs, especially seniors, live in a facility that provides help with everyday tasks such as bathing, dressing, and taking medication) where the patients lived had…
Home Call
The agency failed to discharge the patient for cause from services appropriately.
Iowa County Health Department
The agency failed to have a policy for the purpose of addressing discharge for cause for patients (or other persons in the patient's home) disruptive, abusive, or uncooperative behavior to the extent that delivery of care to the patient or the ability of the agency to operate effectively is serious…