Good Samaritan Society Home Health

The agency failed to conduct a root cause analysis to identify the underlying cause preventing the agency from obtaining regulatory compliance, and failed to develop and implement an action plan to obtain and sustain regulatory compliance for deficiencies cited at G536, G572, and G808 on 1/30/25.…

The agency failed to notify the patient's physician, when visits were not conducted as ordered on the plan of care, for 2 of 10 clinical records reviewed (Patient 2 and 4).

The agency failed to complete a comprehensive assessment of the patient’s rehabilitative needs within 5 days of the start of care, for 1 of 3 patients who had orders for physical, occupational, and/or speech therapy, included on the plan of care (Patient 1).

The agency failed to ensure the patient's medication orders, on the Plan of Care and the medication profile (a real-time document used by the agency that lists the patient’s medications), were accurate for 1 or 10 patient records reviewed (Patient 2).

The agency failed to ensure staff followed wound care treatment orders for 1 of 3 patients (Patient 6), who received wound care.

The agency failed to ensure staff promptly notify the patient's physician when a change in wound status occurred for 1 of 3 patient records reviewed (Patient 6), who received wound care.

The agency failed to include the patient’s progress towards the patient’s measurable outcomes and goals identified by the agency and the patient, for 4 of 6 (Patient 4, 5, 6, and 7) patients who had a revised/updated Plan of Care.

The agency failed to conduct Registered Nurse (RN) supervisory visits, every 2 weeks, for home health aides providing basic therapeutic care (including, but not limited to measuring vital signs) for 1 or 1 record reviewed that had a Home Health Aide (Patient 4), and the agency's policy and…

The agency failed to ensure the Skilled Nurse (SN) followed the agency’s policy and procedure to perform wound measurements weekly for 1 of 3 patients (Patient 6) who received wound care.