First Priority Home Health Care, Inc

Agency providing care to home bound patients [patients with difficulty leaving the house]) failed to ensure the Conditions of Participation regarding Patient Rights was met as follows: 1. The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure six of six sampled patients (Patient 10, Patient 11, Patient 12…

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure six of six sampled patients (Patient 10, Patient 11, Patient 12, Patient 13, Patient 14, and Patient 15) provided consent and received information regarding their rights as a home health patient, in a language that would be understood and preferred by…

The HHA failed to ensure the Condition of Participation (conditions that health care organizations must meet in order to begin and continue participating in the Medicare (a federal system of health insurance for people over 65 years of age and for certain younger people with disabilities program)…

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure the Condition of Participation (conditions that health care organizations must meet in order to begin and continue participating in the Medicare [a federal system of health insurance for people over 65 years of age and for certain younger people with…

The home health agency (HHA) failed to ensure care and services are provided in accordance with the plan of care (POC), for one of nine sampled patients (Patient 7).

The home health agency failed to ensure patient care records were safeguarded for 9 of nine sampled patients (Patient 1, Patient 2, Patient 3, Patient 4, Patient 5, Patient 6, Patient 7, Patient 8, and Patient 9).

Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to develop an individualized plan of care (documents the process of identifying a patient's needs and facilitating complete care and ensures collaboration among nurses, patients, and other healthcare providers) for four of nine sampled patients (Patient 3, Patient 5…

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure the physician was notified of the care and services not rendered for one of nine sampled patients (Patient 7).

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure pain reassessment was conducted in accordance with the plan of care for one of 9 sampled patients (Patient 6).

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure pertinent clinical information were included to accurately reflect the care and assessment for seven of 9 sampled patients (Patients 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, and 9).