Tri-Cities Home Health

The agency failed to follow state requirements to perform annual Tuberculosis (TB) assessment forms for 6 of 7 clinicians that provided patient care (Staff #503, #504, #505, #506, #507 and #508).

The agency failed to accurately complete the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) data of the referral date (M0104) for 8 of 17 patients (Patients #101, #104, #106, #107, #109, #110, #111, and #115).

The agency failed to timely provide secondary services as ordered by the physician for 8 of 17 patients (Patients #103, #104, #106, #107, #109, #113, #115, and #116).

The agency failed to follow state requirements to perform annual Tuberculosis (TB) screening in 2020 for 6 of 8 caregivers (Staff #101, #102, #103, #105, #106, #107).

The agency Administrator failed to operationalize the agency policy and procedure (P&P) for staff performance evaluations for 4 of 8 caregivers (Staff #101, #105, #106, #107).

The agency failed to ensure that there was reasonable determination for each of the missed visits in the plan of care for 4 of 17 patients (Patients #110, #113, #115, and #116).

The agency failed to conduct the initial assessment visit within the 48 hours of completing the referral for 12 of 17 patients (Patients #103, #104, #105, #106, #107, #108, #109, #110, #111, #113, #115, and #116) Failure to meet this requirement places patients at risk for physical harm due to not…

The agency failed to provide the patient’s discharge summary to the patient’s attending physician within 5 business days of the patient’s discharge for 4 of 5 sample discharge record reviews (Patients #113, #114, #115, and #117).

The Agency failed to be in compliance with specific state regulations, as required by WAC 246-335. This failure has the potential to place Washington State residents at risk for unmet needs.

The agency failed to ensure patients received an initial assessment within 48 hours from the referral date for 3 of 10 patient records (Patient #1, #3, and #6).