Stat Home Health Triton

The agency failed to ensure all new and existing staff and all individuals providing services under arrangement received initial training in Emergency Preparedness policies and procedures, had training at least every 2 years, and documentation of training was maintained with demonstration of staff…

The agency failed to ensure each OASIS (Outcome and Assessment Information Set) was successfully transmitted to the CMS system within 30 days of completion.

The agency failed to ensure each patients’ comprehensive assessment included a review of all medications the patients were currently using.

The agency failed to ensure services ordered by the Physician were provided as indicated in the Plan of Care as evidenced by: 1. Medical Social Worker (MSW) visits were not conducted as ordered for 1 (Patient #4) of 2 (Patients #4 and #5) patient records reviewed with orders for MSW services; and…

The agency failed to implement processes for ensuring 3 staff that currently provide care, treatment or services for the agency met the COVID -19 staff vaccination requirement.

The agency failed to ensure the patient's written Plan of Care was followed as evidenced by the following: 1. SN visits not conducted as ordered for 1 (Patient #2) of 17 (Patients #1 - #17) sampled patient records reviewed that had orders for SN visits; and 2. MSW visits not conducted as ordered…

The agency failed to comply with accepted professional standards and principles by failing to have a Registered Nurse assess a patient's wounds, including the size and stage, weekly for 3 of 3 (#11, #12, and #17) patients reviewed with pressure ulcers out of a total of 17 sampled patients.

The agency failed to ensure the medication profile accurately reflected all medications patients were using and/or did not reflect medications the patients were no longer using, for 3 (Patient #4, #6, and #7) of 7 (Patients #1-#7) sampled patients reviewed who received home visits.

The agency failed to ensure the total plan of care was signed and dated by the patient's physician in a timely manner for 5 (Patients #2, #3, #12, #13, and #16) of 17 (Patients #1-#17) sampled patient records reviewed.

The agency failed to ensure a registered nurse (RN), who was familiar with the patient and the patient's plan of care, made an onsite visit to the patient's home no less than every 14 days for aide supervisory visits for 2 (Patients #2 and #6) of 3 (#2, #3, #6) sampled patients' with Home Health…

The agency failed to ensure the patient's written PoC was followed as evidenced by the following: 1. SN failed to document the patient's weight on every visit for 4 (#1, #2, #4, #5) of 7 (#1-#7) sampled patient records reviewed.

The agency failed to ensure staff followed accepted standards of practice for infection control to prevent the transmission of infections and communicable diseases during 2 of 2 (Patients #1, #3) home visits conducted with agency staff (S3RN, S4RN) present in the homes.

The agency failed to ensure the patients were advised of the state toll free home health telephone hotline number, its contact information, its hours of operation, and that its purpose is to receive complaints or questions about local home health agencies for 1 (Patient #2) of 3 (Patients #1, #2…

The agency failed to ensure the medication profile reflected all current medications patients were using for 2 (#2, #3) of 3 (#1, #2, #3) sampled patient records reviewed that received home visits.

The agency failed to ensure the SN promptly alerted the physician to any changes in the patient's condition for 1 (#6) of 7 (#1-#7) sampled patients as evidenced by the SN failing to report to the physician that Patient #6 had an O2 saturation rate outside of the established parameters.