Frontier Home Health LLC

The agency failed to ensure services and treatments were provided in conformance with physician's orders for 2 of 4 patient records reviewed (Patients #4 and #9).

The agency failed to ensure a comprehensive assessment must be completed in a timely manner, consistent with the patient’s immediate needs, but no later than five calendar days after the start of care for 1 of 3 discharged patient records reviewed (Patient #9).

The agency failed to ensure all patient care orders, including verbal orders, were recorded in the plan of care for 1 of 1 patients reviewed who received central line/port care (Patient #4).

The agency failed to ensure clinical records contained accurate documentation of patient's clinical notes and plans of care for 1 of 2 patient records reviewed who received insulin care (Patient #1).

G514 - RN Performs Assessment - The agency failed to ensure the Registered Nurse completed an initial assessment within 48 hours of referral, return home or on the physician ordered start of care date.

The agency failed to ensure the staff followed the acceptable standard infection control practices to prevent the transmission of infections and communicable diseases in two of five patients where home visits were conducted (Patients #1 and #4).

The agency failed to ensure maintenance of accurate clinical records and adherence to current clinical record documentation standards of practice and availability to the physician(s) issuing orders for the home health plan of care, and appropriate agency staff for 2 of 2 patient records reviewed…

The agency failed to ensure the Registered Nurse (RN) completed an initial assessment within 48 hours of referral, return home or on the physician ordered start of care date for 2 of 13 patient records reviewed (Patients #6 and #8) and 8 of 23 focused sample records reviewed (Patients D, E, F, K…

The agency failed to provide services and treatments only as ordered by the physician for five of 13 records reviewed (Patients #4, #5, #6, #7 and #8).