L & C Home Health Agency Inc

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure the physician was promptly alerted to changes in the patient’s condition or need that suggested that outcomes were not being achieved and/or that the plan of care should be altered for 1 (Patient 1) of 7 patients reviewed.

The agency failed to ensure the skilled nurse assumed the responsibility to ensure each Plan of Care developed by the skilled nurse, was individualized to include: 1. Patient-specific frequency for all medication orders written in the medication section of the Plan of Care, for two of five sampled…

The agency failed to ensure the contents of each clinical record were complete to include: 1. The correct Standardized Nursing Visit document used for each skilled nurse's visit and answers to all categorized sections of the agency Standardized Nursing Visit documents were completed for two of five…

The agency failed to ensure the Plan of Care was individualized to include: 1. Patient-specific, frequency specifications for all medication orders written in the medication section of the Plan of Care, for two of five active sampled patients, (Patient 1 and 2); 2. Patient-specific reasons for all…