G0580: Only As Ordered By A Physician
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Most recent citations
The 20 most recent of 1,672 citations. Newest inspection first.
Keyes 2 Life Health Services LLC
No longer in CMS listThe agency failed to ensure they received orders for a patient's recertification prior to the POC signed by the physician for 1 of 1 active clinical record reviewed with a patient receiving wound care and had a recertification assessment completed.
A Better Tomorrow Health and Wellness LLC
No longer in CMS listThe nurse failed to ensure a SOC order from the physician was in place prior to providing treatment to the patient during the initial comprehensive assessment for 1 of 7 patients.
Adoration Home Health
The agency failed to obtain a signed POC or a detailed verbal POC order from the primary physician before providing services and treatments to patients for 3 of 7 active records reviewed with skilled nursing (Patient #9, #12, #14).
Cns Homecare, Inc
The agency failed to ensure visit frequencies were provided only as ordered by the physician for 1 (P-7) of 10 records reviewed, resulting in the potential for the provision of inappropriate care and services.
Mission Home Health of Irvine, LLC
The agency failed to ensure the treatment was provided only as ordered by the physician for two of five sampled patients (Patients 1 and 5).
Amedisys Home Health Care
The agency failed to follow physician's orders for 1 patient (Patient #4) of 18 patients reviewed.
Royale Home Health Care, Inc
An organization that delivers skilled nursing and other therapeutics service to a patient’s personal residence) failed to ensure that wound treatment order for one of 7 sampled patients (Patient 5) was administered only as ordered by a physician or allowed practitioner.
Care One Home Health Services, Inc
The Agency failed to ensure that Physician orders were followed.
Gmm Home Health Care, Inc
The Home Health Agency (HHA - a public or private organization that provides skilled nursing care and other therapeutic services to patients in their own homes) failed to ensure the physician signed the Occupational Therapy (OT, a healthcare profession that helps people do everyday tasks and…
Kaiser Foundation Hospital Home Health - Novato
The home health agency (HHA) failed to ensure services and treatments written in the plan of care are administered only as ordered by a physician or allowed practitioner for two out of 17 sampled patients (Patient 3 and Patient 6).
Jol Healthcare
The agency failed to enforce the agency's policy to provide care in accordance with physician's or allowed practitioner's orders in 1 (Client 5) of 17 patients in that the PT did not remove the wound vac (a negative pressure wound therapy system that applies controlled suction to a wound through a…
Select Home Health Services, Inc
The agency failed to have a signed POC or a verbal POC order from the primary physician before providing services and treatments to patients for 6 of 18 records reviewed, potentially affecting all patient records.
Safe Life Home Health Care, LLC
The Agency failed to ensure physician orders were obtained or followed.
A Journey With Faith LLC
No longer in CMS listThe agency failed to ensure the agency received orders from the physician to provide services for the new certification period for 3 of 4 active clinical records reviewed who had a recertification (Patients #1, #2, and #3).
Illinois Home Health Care of Naperville
For 1 of 7 (Pt. #6) the Agency failed to ensure that treatment provided was ordered by the Physician.
Avera @ Home Pipestone
The agency failed to ensure medication reconciliation during medication set up was completed by provider orders and without errors for 1 of 1 patients (P1) observed during medication set up.
1ST Gentlecare Home Health LLC
The agency failed to provide services only as ordered by a physician or allowed practitioner in 1 of 2 patient (Pt #1) records reviewed in that, the agency discontinued aide services before obtaining the order from the physician.
Happy Visit Home Health
Therapy services directly inside patients' homes) failed to ensure that services were provided only as ordered by a physician or allowed partitioner for two of eight sampled patients (Patient 6 and Patient 7).
Integrity Home Health Care Services, Inc
An organization that delivers skilled nursing and other therapeutic services to a patient’s personal residence) failed to ensure, for two of seven sampled patients (Patient 1 and Patient 2), the following: 1. The HHA conducted a complete and accurate medication reconciliation (a process of…
Assured Home Health
The facility failed to ensure that Skilled Nursing home visits provided had a Physician’s order for one out of 10 sampled patients (Patient 1) when a visit occurred prior to the order was obtained.