Ray County Memorial Hospital Home Health and Hospice

The agency failed to follow accepted standards of practice for one (Record/Patient #3) of three patients observed during home visits.

The agency failed to provide written notice of patient rights to meet the requirements of the new federal home health regulations effective 01/13/18 to include the patient has the right to be advised of financial liability changes as soon as possible, in but not limited to, one (RECORD/PATIENT #4)…

The agency failed to ensure effective ongoing interdisciplinary assessment of the patient.

The agency failed to ensure that the skilled nurse (SN) provided services as ordered by the physician in the plan of care in, but not limited to one (Record/Patient #3) of five records reviewed.

The agency failed to ensure that the registered nurse (RN) evaluated the home health aide for all of the required supervision elements during the home health aide supervisory visits in one (Record/Patient #1) of one applicable record.

The home health director said: - Agency staff usually complete a discharge summary and fax to the physician within five days following discharge of the patient; and - The patient's paper record failed to show evidence that the discharge summary was went to the physician after discharged from the…