Nevada Desert Home Health Services, Inc

The home health agency failed to ensure the emergency preparedness (EP) plan included the patient population and type of services the agency was able to provide in an emergency and for continuity of operations.

The home health agency (HHA) failed to ensure procedures were developed to follow-up with on-duty staff and patients to determine services that are needed in the event that there was an interruption in services during or due to an emergency and the procedure for informing State and local officials…

The home health agency (HHA) failed to ensure their emergency preparedness (EP) communication plan included the names and contact information for staff, entities providing services under arrangement, patients' physicians, other facilities, and volunteers.

The home health agency (HHA) failed to ensure their emergency preparedness (EP) communication plan included contact information for Federal, State, tribal, regional, and local emergency preparedness staff and other sources of assistance.

The home health agency (HHA) failed to ensure their emergency preparedness (EP) communication plan included a method for sharing information and medical documentation for patients under the HHA's care, as necessary, with other health providers to maintain the continuity of care and a means of…

The agency failed to electronically submit completed OASIS assessments within 30 days after completion of the assessment four of four quarters in 2019. Findings include: The agency was purchased by the current owner, who assumed responsibility on 01/15/2019. Review of OASIS transmission data…

The agency failed to include tracking of adverse patient event data elements as a part of its QAPI program and did not identify any performance improvement activities related to the analysis of adverse events.

The home health agency (HHA) failed to ensure it had a coordinated agency-wide program for infection control surveillance, identification, prevention, control, and investigation of infectious and communicable diseases that included a method for identifying infections and communicable disease…

The home health agency failed to ensure that the start of care OASIS (Outcome Assessment Information Set) assessment for 1 of 7 sampled patients (Patient (P)4) was appropriately authenticated.

The home health agency (HHA) was not in compliance with rules regarding safeguarding personal health information and failure to protect patient information from risk of loss or unauthorized use.

The home health agency failed to ensure a Registered Nurse (RN) reviewed the patients list of medications for potential drug reactions and adverse effects when there was a change in medication or at the time a recertification OASIS (Outcome and Assessment Information Set) Assessment was completed…

The facility failed to ensure insulin (for diabetes) was administered as ordered by the physician for 1 of 7 sampled patients (Patient (P)2).

The home health agency failed to ensure verbal orders were timed, returned signed by the physician, or that written orders signed by the physician in the clinical record were dated and timed on the medication profile for 1 of 7 sampled patients (Patient (P)2).