Elite Home Care, Inc

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to conduct and complete the comprehensive pain assessment and reassessment for one of six sample patients (Patient 13) in accordance with their policy and procedure.

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to conduct a comprehensive assessment that accurately reflected the patients’ health status for two of six sample Patients (Patient 10, and Patient 13).

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure a Registered Nurse (RN) updated the comprehensive assessment for the recertification period for four sampled patients (Patient 2, Patient 10, Patient 11, and Patient 13).

The HHA failed to ensure two of six sampled patients (Patient 2 and Patient 12) comprehensive assessment was updated within 48 hours of returning home from the hospital.

The HHA failed to ensure a plan of care was reviewed and revised by the doctor, for the recertification period of three of six sampled (Patient 2, Patient 11, and Patient 13) patients.

An organization that delivers skilled nursing and other therapeutics service to a patient at home) failed to revise the plan of care that reflected the patient’s current health status during the recertification period to continue care for three of six sampled patients (Patient 2, Patient 11, and…

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to meet the Condition of Participation for Comprehensive Assessment of Patients as follows: =Failed to conduct and complete the comprehensive pain assessment/reassessment for two of ten sampled patients, (Patient 9 and Patient 10) in accordance with their policy…

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure the Condition of Participation regarding Care planning, Coordination of services, and Quality of Care was met as follows: =Failed to develop and implement an individualized plan of care (POC) for five of 10 sampled patients (Patient 2, Patient 5…

The home health agency failed to conduct and complete the comprehensive pain assessment/reassessment for two of ten sampled patients, (Patient 9 and Patient 10) in accordance with their policy and procedure.

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to conduct a comprehensive assessment that accurately reflect the patient's health status for four of 10 sampled patients (Patient 2, Patient 6, Patient 7, and Patient 8).

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to provide the current and updated plan of care for three of 10 sampled patients (Patient 1, Patient 7, and Patient 8).

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to provide biohazard (puncture resistant container used to collect sharp biological or biohazardous materials including needles) sharps receptacle for two of 10 sampled patients (Patient 2 and Patient 7).

The home health agency (HHA) staff failed to ensure a written notice to the patient or their representative of their rights and responsibilities must be provided in a language or format familiar to the patient or his/her representative for two of ten sampled patients (Patient 6 and Patient 7).

The home health agency (HHA) staff failed to review all the medications and update the medication profile with currently used medications for one of 10 sampled patients (Patient 2).

The home health agency (HHA) failed to develop and implement an individualized plan of care (POC) for five of 10 sampled patients (Patient 2, Patient 5, Patient 6, Patient 7 and Patient 8).

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to provide the written information regarding the patient’s medication regimen to one of 10 sampled patients (Patient 1).