Mercy Home Health

The agency failed to ensure an accurate and complete review of all medications was completed upon admission/ SOC (start of care) in 1 (Record/Patient #2) of five full record reviews.

The agency failed to promptly alert the physician to changes in the patient's condition or needs that suggest that outcomes are not being achieved and/or that the plan of care (POC) should be altered, in two (Records/Patients #4 and #5) of five full records reviewed.

The agency failed to ensure ongoing interdisciplinary assessment of patient, in one (Record/Patient #3) of six full records reviewed.

The agency failed to ensure the patient's individualized plan of care included all pertinent diagnoses and/or all medications and treatments used by the patient in, but not limited to, two (Records/Patients #3 and #4) of five records reviewed.

The agency failed to alert the physician to changes in the patient's condition or needs that suggest that outcomes are not being achieved and/or that the plan of care should be altered in, but not limited to, three (Records/Patients #2, #3, and #4) of five records reviewed.

The agency failed to ensure that the skilled professional provided services as ordered by the physician in the plan of care in, but not limited to, one (Record/Patient #1) of five records reviewed.