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The agency failed to ensure the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS, a group of standard data elements home health agencies (HHAs) integrate into their comprehensive assessment, to collect and report quality data to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, (CMS)) data was transmitted…

The home health agency failed to ensure that it followed accepted standards of practice to prevent the transmission of infections and communicable diseases for two of seventeen sampled patients (Patient 1 and Patient 2) when: Licensed Nurse (LN) 1 did not perform hand hygiene (the process of…

The facility failed to ensure an accurate review of all medication orders was performed to ensure safe medication use for 3 out of 18 sampled patients (Patient 1, Patient 3 and Patient 4) when: 1. Patient 1's Medication list did not match her current medication regimen and the plan of care; and, 2.…

The facility failed to ensure the Plan of Care (POC, a personalized, doctor-prescribed document that details the medical, rehabilitative, and support services a patient needs at home) was authenticated and signed by the physician in accordance with state law and facility policy for one of eighteen…

The facility failed to coordinate care for recommended medical equipment in a timely manner for one of 18 sampled patients (Patient 6), when on 5/28/26 the Occupational Therapist (OT) did not contact Patient 6’s physician to request a referral for medical equipment that Patient 6 needed for safety.

The agency failed to ensure one of three sampled patients (Patient 1) and their legal representative (someone authorized by law to act for another person's behalf) had the opportunity to participate in the plan of care (an individualized outline of a patient's health conditions, specific needs, and…

The agency failed to provide written instructions outlining the Physical Therapy (PT, treatment that helps improve how the body performs physical movements) visit schedule for one of three sampled patients (Patient 2).

The agency failed to ensure services were provided according to the Plan of Care (POC) for 2 of 17 sampled patients (Patient 8 and Patient 17).

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to accurately reconcile medication instructions when Patient 12's medication profile did not accurately reflect Patient 12's current medications in the home.

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to provide services that conformed with the orders in the Plan of Care (POC), when Patient 13's urinary catheter (a tube placed in the bladder to drain urine) was changed every 2 weeks instead of monthly as ordered in the POC.

The agency failed to communicate with the physician for 1 of 17 sampled Patients (Patient 3) when the physician was not informed of Patient 3's productive cough during the initial home visit.

The agency failed to ensure services were administered as ordered by the physician for 2 of 17 sampled patients (Patients 6 and 8).