Home Health & Hospice of Kansas

Failed to ensure Patient Rights were promoted and protected for 2 of 12 (Patient 2 and 12) patients reviewed.

The agency failed to ensure the patients' plan of care (POC) and the medication list were accurate and updated for 2 of 3 patients (Patient (P)4 and P5) reviewed during joint home visit with staff.

The Home Health agency's governing body and executive team failed to report a complaint involving a staff person not completing patient visits as documented for 1 patient (Patient (P)2) of 12 patients reviewed and failed to ensure those visits were not billed.

The Home Health agency failed to protect 1 of 12 patients (Patient 2) from neglect related to services and care not being provided as indicated in the plan of care.

The Home Health agency failed to ensure home health aide (HHA) visits were completed as outlined in the plan of care and authorized by the Veterans Administration (VA) for 2 of 12 patients (Patient (P)2 and P12).

The Home Health agency failed to develop policies or take any direct action to prevent further violations and ensure that 2 of 12 patients (Patient (P)2 and P12) were receiving needed services while a complaint was being investigated.

The agency failed to provide 3 of 3 patients (Patient (P)2, P4, and P5) seen during a home visit with a medication list that included the medication name, dosage, and frequency.

The skilled nurse failed to assume the responsibility to ensure: 1. Each patient's plan of care was individualized, for three of five active sampled patients, (Patient 1, 4, and 5), and one of two closed sampled patients, (Patient 6); This deficient practice has the potential to place patients at…

The agency failed to ensure each patient's plan of care was individualized to include: 1. The correct skilled nurse frequency of visits, as ordered by the physician, on the plan of care for one of two discharged sampled patients, (Patient 6); 2. Patient-specific vital signs parameters, for three of…