Home Health Integrated Services Inc

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to assess the patient's continuing need for skilled nursing services for one of eight patients.

The home health agency (HHA) failed to maintain an accurate, and current medication profiles for six of eight sampled patients (Patients 1, 2, 3 , 4, 6, and 7) This failure had the potential risk to result in medication errors and adverse drug reactions. a.

The agency failed to ensure physical therapist (PT) assess pain level after pain intervention was provided for one of 10 sample patients (Patient 1).

The home health agency (HHA) failed to ensure the patient/primary care giver (PCG) was instructed on securing urinary indwelling catheter for a patient who had suprapubic catheter (a thin, sterile tube used to drain urine from your bladder unable to urinate) for one of 10 sample patients (Patient…

The home health agency (HHA) staff failed to review all the medications and update the medication profile with currently used medications for two of 10 sampled patients (Patients 2 and 3).

The agency failed to ensure the comprehensive assessment was updated and revised due to improvement in status for two of six sample patients (Patients 6 and 8).