Central Montana Mc Home Health

The agency failed to safeguard patients' clinical record information against loss or unauthorized use by not ensuring patient records were maintained to safeguard confidentiality and privacy prior to destruction (see G-1028).

The agency failed to conduct a full-scale community based exercise.

The agency failed to ensure patients' rights to confidentiality of the clinical record was maintained.

The agency failed to complete a SOC assessment within 48-hour of receiving the referral for 2 (#s 2 and 3) of 7 sampled patients.

Agency staff failed to ensure expired patient care supplies, including laboratory supplies, were not available for use on all patients utilizing agency supplies.