Amicita Home Health, LLC

The agency staff failed to include orders to cover all pertinent diagnoses and ensure the patients' needs were addressed to include disease specific interventions/treatments were included on the plans of care for four of seven (#3, #5,#6,and #7) sampled patients (P). 1 Review of the plan of…

The agency staff failed to ensure the home health aide care plan was written to provide clear instructions for the provision of care to meet the current patient needs for 1 of 10 sampled patients requiring home health aide services (#2).

The agency staff failed to complete a occupational therapy assessment within 5 days for a comprehensive assessment of the patient's needs for 1 of 10 sampled patients (#10).

The agency failed to ensure that patient's medication profile was updated to reflect current medications at the time of the comprehensive assessment for 2 of 10 (#1 and #2) patients observed during home visits.

The agency failed to ensure the patients' individualized plan of care included all of the required elements to address the identified needs for 3 of 10 (#1, #2 and #6).

The agency failed to ensure the plans of care which contains verbal orders were reviewed and signed by the nurse and the physician within the required 30 day time frame for 9 of 10 ( #1, #2,#3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #9, and #10) sampled patients.