Select Home Care LLC

The Administrator failed to ensure the facility's emergency preparedness plan complied with all applicable local, state, and Federal emergency preparedness requirements.

The Home Health Agency (HHA)failed to maintain a coordinated agency-wide program for the surveillance, identification, prevention, control, and investigation of infectious and communicable diseases that is an integral part of the HHA's quality assessment and performance improvement (QAPI) program.

The Administrator failed to ensure that staff who provided skilled professional services participated in agency-sponsored in-service education for 8 out of 8 skilled professional service staff reviewed, Employees #3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 & 12. Failure to ensure that skilled professional service staff…

The agency failed to: (E-0004) maintain, review and update the emergency preparedness plan annually; (E-0006) develop a community-based risk assessment prior to developing the agency's emergency plan; (E-0009) include a process for cooperation and collaboration with local, tribal, regional, State…

The agency failed to maintain, review and update the Emergency Preparedness (EP) Plan annually.

The facility failed to develop a community-based risk assessment prior to developing the facility's emergency plan.

The agency failed to update the plan with a process for cooperation and collaboration with local, tribal, regional, State, and Federal emergency preparedness officials.

The agency failed to have an individual EP plan for each patient identified in the comprehensive assessment.

The agency failed to update and annually review the EP plan and policies and procedures.

The agency failed to develop and implement a policy and procedure for the use of volunteers in an emergency.

The facility failed to develop and implement an emergency preparedness Communication Plan that complies with Federal, State, and local laws and must be reviewed and updated at least annually.

The agency failed to have a primary and alternate means of communication during an emergency.

The facility failed to develop and implement a method for sharing information and medical documentation for patients under the HHA'S care, as necessary, with other health care providers to maintain the continuity of care.

The agency failed to develop a means of sharing information on occupancy, needs, and it's ability to provide assistance to the authority having jurisdiction.

The facility failed to develop a facility based emergency planning, training and testing program.

The agency failed to have the existing staff review the emergency preparedness policies and procedures and required training.

The facility failed to conduct exercises to test the emergency plan at least annually.