Interim Healthcare Services of NE PA, Inc.

The agency failed to ensure a TB risk assessment form was completed upon hire for eight (8) of eight (8) employees hired after April 23, 2021. (Employees #1, #5, #7, #10, #11, #12, #13 and #14) Finding include: On April 26, 2024 at approximately 3:45 PM, review of the agency policy titled…

The agency failed to ensure written instructions regarding the type of treatments to be performed by skilled nursing (SN) were provided to two (2) of two (2) patients for whom wound care orders were included on the "Home Health Certification and Plan of Care" and for whom the admission…

The agency failed to ensure peripherally inserted central catheter (intravenous inserted into a vein in the upper arm) assessment was completed per agency policy and procedure for two (2) of two (2) patients.

The agency failed to ensure a registered nurse (RN) performed an onsite supervision of the home health aide (HHA) every 14 days for two (2) of four (4) patients for whom HHA services were provided for more than 14 days.

The agency failed to ensure a physician's counter-signature for the physician orders included on the "Home Health Certification and Plan of Care" had been obtained within 30 days for five (5) of eight (8) patients for whom more than 30 days had elapsed after receipt of the verbal recertification…

The agency failed to ensure written instructions regarding visit frequencies had been provided to three (3) of four (4) patients for whom the admission folder/booklet was available for review during a home visit.

The agency failed to ensure written instructions regarding the type of treatments to be performed by skilled nursing (SN) were provided to one (1) of two (2) patients for whom wound care orders were included on the "Home Health Certification and Plan of Care" and for whom the admission…

The agency failed to ensure that the start of care (admission), resumption of care (post-hospitalization) and/or recertification assessments included a comprehensive assessment of the health status for the five (5) of sixteen (16) patients.