Billet Home Health- Los Angeles

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to meet the Condition of Participations for Care Planning, Coordination, and Quality of Care as follows: The HHA failed to follow the plan of care (POC) for 1 of 7 sampled patients (Patient 5).The HHA did not weigh the patient weekly, as per the patient POC.

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed follow the plan of care (POC) for one of seven patients (Patients 5).

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure one of seven patients (Patient 4) was informed of the availability of the home health hotline telephone number for 1 of 7 sampled patients (Patient 4).

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to review all the medications the patient is currently using for two of seven sampled patients (Patient 1 and Patient 2).

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to the ensure the plans of care (POC) for physical therapy (PT), occupational therapy (OT), and speech therapy (ST) services, included frequency of therapy visits, for five of five patients provided therapy services (PT, OT, ST) in a sample of seven patients…

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to notify the physician promptly of the patient's change of condition for 1 of 7 sampled patients (Patient 5), when Patient 5 decline to eat and drink.

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to revise the plan of care to reflect the current patient’s updated comprehensive assessment for 1 of 7 sampled patients (Patient 4), when Patient 4's POC did not indicated the patient's blood sugar check was discontinued.

The agency staff failed to ensure the plan of care (POC) was followed for two of seven sample patients (Patient 2 and 5).

The home health agency (HHA) staff failed to review all the current medications and update their medication profile for three of seven sample patients (Patient 1, 5 and 6).

The Home Health agency (HHA) failed to follow accepted standards of practice to prevent the possible transmission of infections and communicable diseases as indicated in the Plan of care (POC) by using one glucometer to more than one patients for one of 7 sample patients (Patient 2).