Amedisys Home Health of Bluffton

The Home Health Agency staff failed to ensure 4 of 17 patient records reviewed (Patient #4, #9, #11, and #13) received Skilled Nursing (SN) and/or therapy visits as ordered.

The home health agency failed to update an accurate medication record for 2 of 6 applicable patients.

The skilled nurse failed to follow the physician orders for visit frequencies for one of seventeen patient records reviewed for care and services.

The skilled nurse failed to perform hand hygiene during one of three skilled nurse home visits.

The home health agency failed to ensure its staff accurately identified the medications the patient is currently taking and/or failed to identify medication discrepancies during the drug review for 5 of 7 patients visited in the home.

The home health agency failed to ensure the physician was notified of the patient's hospitalization for 1 of 17 patient records reviewed.