Avance Home Health, Inc

The agency failed to coordinate care delivery to meet the patient's needs and involve the patient caregiver to accomplish safe medication administration per physician’s order for two of three sampled patients (Patient 1 and Patient 3) when: 1. Patient 1 did not receive Simvastatin (medication to…

The agency failed to ensure the OASIS data was transmitted within 30 days of completing the OASIS (Outcome and Assessment Information Set [data items developed to measure patient outcomes and improve home health care]) data sets.

The agency failed to review and update the medication profile (MP), for two of four sampled patients with home visits (Patients 1 and 3), when: 1. Patient 1 took an antibiotic (a medicine that prevents the growth or destroys microorganisms) that was not in the medication profile.