Columbia River Home Health

The agency failed to provide the patient’s discharge summary to the patient’s attending physician within 5 business days of the patient’s discharge for 3 of 5 sample discharge records reviewed (Patients #417, #514 and #515).

The agency failed to accurately complete the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) data for M0104 that indicates the completed referral date or obtain physician orders for M0102 for 12 of 19 patients (Patients #101, #102, #103, #104, #106, #108, #109, #110, #115, #116, #117, and #118).

The agency failed to implement policies and procedures consistent with state licensing requirements through failure to ensure compliance with an updated agency’s patient’s Bill of Rights (BoR) (Item #1).

The agency failed to inform patients of all aspects of their plan of care, including the total frequency of the proposed services and the manner in which the agency will provide care and services.

The agency failed to conduct the initial assessment visit within the 48 hours of completing the referral and notify the patient’s home health physician of the delayed admission for 3 of 19 patients (Patients #105, #109 and #114).

The agency failed to document home health aide Supervisory visits no less frequently than every 14 days for 1 of 2 patients receiving home health aide services (Patient #119).

The agency failed to provide the patient’s discharge summary to the patient’s attending physician within 5 business days of the patient’s discharge for 2 of 5 sample discharge records reviewed (Patients #113 and #116).

The agency failed to implement policies and procedures consistent with state licensing requirments through failure to complete staff performance evaluations for 2 of 2 Staff (Staff # 503 and #505) (Item 1) and failure to provide patients and their families information on the provision of back-up…