New Start Home Health Care, Inc

The Home Health Agency (HHA- an organization that delivers skilled nursing and other therapeutics service to a patient at home) failed to meet the Conditions of Participation (refer to the requirements that healthcare organizations must meet to participate in federal healthcare programs) for…

The home health agency (HHA- an organization that delivers skilled nursing and other therapeutics service to a patient at home) failed to update the POC for one of three sampled patients (Patient 11).

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure the Governing Body (or designated people so functioning) failed to assume full legal authority and responsibility for the agency's overall management and operation, failed to ensure the Administrator and Administrator Designee (ADMD) assumed…

The home health agency (HHA- an organization that delivers skilled nursing and other therapeutics service to a patient at home) failed to coordinate with the Respiratory Therapist (RT - healthcare professional who specializes in evaluating, treating, and caring for individuals with breathing…

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure that their designated Administrator (ADM) and designated Administrator Designee (ADMD) assumed responsibility for the overall management of the agency's daily operations.

The visiting nurse failed to notify the physician of a change of condition for one of four sample patients (Patient 4) when Patient 4’s urine was assessed to be cloudy with sediments (solid material) present.

An organization that delivers skilled nursing and other therapeutics service to a patient at home) failed to ensure the Condition of Participation for Care Planning, Coordination of Services, and Quality of Care was met as follows: 1. The HHA failed to ensure care and services was completed in…

The home health agency (HHA) failed to ensure care and services are implemented in accordance with the individualized written plans of care (POC) for three of 8 sampled patients (Patient 1, Patient 3 and Patient 4).

The home health agency (HHA) failed to maintain an accurate, current medication profile for two of 8 sampled patients (Patient 2 and Patient 5).

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to conduct the resumption of care (ROC) assessment (in-person clinical assessment of the patient's physical, functional, mental, psychosocial, and cognitive status to identify the needs of the patient and caregiver that will be addressed by the home health…

The home health agency (HHA) failed to develop and implement an individualized plan of care (POC) for two out of eight sampled patients (Patient 3 and Patient 5).

The home health agency (HHA) failed to obtain a physician's order for a tracheostomy ventilator (a breathing machine that's connected to a tracheostomy, which is a surgical opening in the neck to help patients to breathe when they can't breathe on their own) setting for one out of eight sampled…

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to coordinate with the attending physician of the missed skilled nursing visits for one of 8 sampled patients (Patient 1).

The agency staff failed to follow an individualized plan of care with specific interventions, measurable outcomes and goals for pain management for 2 of 7 sample patients (Patients 2 and 3).

The agency's Registered Nurse (RN) failed to make onsite visit to the patient's home every 14 days, while the patient was serviced by the certified home health aide (CHHA) for one of seven patients (Patient 1).