Excell Home Health Services

The agency failed to ensure it reviewed and updated its emergency preparedness policies and procedures at least every 2 years.

The agency failed to ensure it reviewed and updated its emergency preparedness policies and procedures related to identifying patients in need of home evacuation at least every 2 years.

The agency failed to ensure it reviewed and updated its emergency preparedness policies and procedures related to identifying on duty staff or patients the agency was unable to contact at least every 2 years.

The agency failed to ensure it reviewed and updated its emergency preparedness policies and procedures related to its communication plan at least every 2 years.

The agency provided numerous documents related to emergency preparedness.

The facility failed to follow physician orders when cleaning an open wound for 1 of 7 sampled patients (Patient #2) Findings include: Patient #2 Patent #2's start of care was 11/25/2021, with diagnoses including diabetes, malignant neoplasm, and non-healing abdominal wound.

The facility failed to confirm if their social workers were qualified for their positions for two of two Social Workers (Social Worker 1 and 2).

The facility failed to follow physician orders when cleaning an open wound for 1 of 7 sampled patients (Patient #2), and obtain a physician order for a feeding solution for 1 of 7 sampled patients (Patient #5).

The facility failed to assess an intravenous midline access site for 1 of 7 sampled patients (Patient #2) and failed to assess a patient weights for 1 of 7 sampled patients (Patient #5).