Georgia Home Health

The agency failed to submit to CMS system a completed Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) within thirty days of completing the assessments.

The agency failed to ensure the care and services were provided in conformance with the patients' plan of care and treatment as ordered by physician for two patients (P) (P#11 and P#14) of seven sampled patients.

The agency staff failed to conduct an initial assessment within 48 hours of referral or on the physician ordered start of care date for nine of seventeen ( #1, #2, #4, #7, #10,# #13, #14, #15,and #17) sampled patients (P).

The agency staff failed to include orders to cover all pertinent diagnoses and ensure the patients' needs were addressed to include disease specific interventions/treatments were included on the plans of care for three of seventeen (#5,#6,and #13) sampled patients (P).

The agency staff failed to ensure treatments were administered only as ordered by the physician for one of seventeen (#13) sampled patients (P).

The agency failed to ensure the care and services were provided in conformance with the patients' plans of care/treatment as ordered by physicians for two of seventeen ( #5, and #8) sampled patients (P).

The agency failed to ensure the clinical records contained clear, complete, and accurate documentation for three of seventeen (#6, #11, and #12) patients (P) who were current hospice beneficiaries.

The agency failed to provide services as ordered by the physician in the plans of care for 2 of 10 (#7 and #10) sampled patients.

The agency failed to ensure the home health aide (HHA) provided services as ordered in the plan of care for 1 of 1 (#1) sampled patients.