Ars Health Care, Inc

The home health agency (HHA) failed to ensure the emergency preparedness plan/drill for 7 out of 7 field and office staff were completed in an annual basis.

The home health agency's governing body failed to ensure an ongoing program for Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI) that addressed improvement efforts on improved quality of care and patient safety.

The hospice agency failed to follow the standards of practice to prevent spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus 19 disease, a highly, contagious respiratory illness caused by virus that spread from person to person) by failing to: 1. Have procedures for symptoms screening for COVID-19 for the staff and…

The home health agency (HHA) failed to provide infection control education to seven of seven staff regarding procedures for screening for COVID-19 symptoms (Coronavirus 19 disease, a highly, contagious respiratory illness caused by virus that spread from person to person).

The HHA failed to ensure the physician was notified on the new medication order, discontinued medications, and reviewed and clarified with the physician on the patient medication profile, for six out of eight sampled patients (Patient 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9).

The agency failed to ensure, to notify and verify the new and change of medication order before administration of medications for six out of 8 sampled patients (Patient 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9).

The home health agency failed to ensure the agency had an Administrator designee when the Administrator (a person who oversee the day-to-day administrative operations of the healthcare facilities with responsibilities of planning and supervising all medical services, including monitoring budgets…