Ability Home Health

The agency failed to ensure appropriate care planning, coordination of services, and quality of care necessary to meet the needs of the patients.

The agency did not ensure a review was completed for all medications the patients were currently using, in order to identify any potential adverse effects and drug reactions, including ineffective drug therapy, significant side effects, significant drug interactions, duplicate drug therapy, and…

The agency did not ensure each patient's plan of care (POC) contained all the required elements.

The agency did not ensure all patient care orders, including verbal orders, were recorded in the plan of care (POC).

The agency did not ensure drugs, services, and treatments were administered only as ordered by a physician.

The agency did not ensure communication with all physicians or allowed practitioners involved in the plan of care.

The agency did not ensure all employees, whether employed or contracted, had completed initial staff training in emergency preparedness policies and procedures to all new and existing staff, individuals providing services under arrangement, and volunteers, consistent with their expected roles.

The agency did not ensure infection control education was provided to agency employees (employed and contracted) prior to the survey.

The agency did not ensure a review of all medications the patients were using in order to identify any potential adverse effects and drug reactions, including ineffective drug therapy, significant side effects, significant drug interactions, duplicate drug therapy, and noncompliance with drug…

The agency did not ensure each patients' plan of care (POC) contained all the required elements for 6 of 8 sampled patients.