Muscogee Home Health Agency

Agency failed to follow the physician orders to meet the patients' needs as evidenced by not providing proper discharge and lack of action to follow up to meet patients’ medical needs.

The Home Health Agency failed to provide services as ordered by the physician in the plan of care for patient #1 and P#3 as evidence by HHA not providing services as required for medical needs.

Staff interviews Home Health Agency failed to assign a designated person (Administrator) to assume full legal authority and responsibility for the agency's overall management and operations and provision of all home health services.

Agency failed to ensure patient (P), P#1 and P#3 was placed within a safe environment with the required continuation of medical care upon discharge.

The Home Health Agency failed to provide services as ordered by the physician in the plan of care for patient #1 and P#3 as evidence by HHA not providing services as required for medical needs.

Staff interviews Home Health Agency failed to follow up with continuity of care for physical therapy and occupational therapy for Patient (P) #1 and P#3. The Findings Include: Patient (P#1) was diagnosed with pressure ulcer of the sacral region, bilateral amputees and cerebral infraction affecting…

The agency staff failed to ensure the home health aide care plan was written to provide clear instructions for the provision of care to meet the current patient needs for 1 of 4 sampled patients requiring home health aide services (#4).

The agency failed to ensure that patient's medication profile was updated to reflect current medications at the time of the comprehensive assessment for 1 of 4 (#4) patients observed during home visits.

The agency failed to ensure the patients' individualized plan of care/treatment included all of the required elements to address the patients' needs for 9 of 10 (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #9 and #10) sampled patients.

The agency failed to ensure documentation in the clinical records included all interventions and responses to the interventions in accordance with professional standards for 1 of 10 (#3) sampled patients.