Ascension at Home

The agency failed to provide 5 of 5 discharged Patients (#9, #10, #11, #12 and #13), whose records were reviewed, written discharge notice prior to discharge.

The agency failed to enforce a written policy that detailed its patient care practices for planning patient care for 10 of 13 patients (Patient #1, #2, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #11, #12 and #13) for which records were reviewed.

The agency failed to enforce a written policy for maintaining a current medication list for 4 of 4 patients (Patients #1, #5, #6 and #7) , for which records were reviewed and a home visit was conducted.

The agency failed to adopt a written policy regarding coordination of services to ensure the effective exchange of information, between the agency and the patient's physician for 6 of 13 patients (Patient #1, #2, #8, #9, #12 and #13) for which records were reviewed.

The agency Supervising Nurse failed to ensure the Plan of Care (POC) was executed as written for 4 of 13 patients (Patient #1, #2, #8 and #9) for which clinical records were reviewed.