Unity Home Health Providers, Inc

An organization that delivers skilled nursing and other therapeutic services to a patient’s personal residence) failed to perform an assessment of a right jugular dialysis perm-catheter (a special tunneled central line used for hemodialysis, featuring two internal tubes to draw blood out and return…

An organization that delivers skilled nursing and other therapeutic services to a patient’s personal residence) failed to meet the Condition of Participation (COP, the term healthcare organizations must meet in order to participate in federally funded healthcare programs) for Reporting Outcome and…

An organization that delivers skilled nursing and other therapeutic services to a patient’s personal residence) failed to meet the Condition of Participation (the terms healthcare organizations must meet in order to participate in federally funded healthcare programs) for Care Planning…

An organization that delivers skilled nursing and other therapeutic services to a patient’s personal residence) failed to ensure the Condition of Participation (the terms healthcare organizations must meet in order to participate in federally funded healthcare programs) for quality assessment and…

An organization that delivers skilled nursing and other therapeutic services to a patient’s personal residence) failed to ensure the Condition of Participation (the terms healthcare organizations must meet in order to participate in federally funded healthcare programs) for skilled professional…

An organization that delivers skilled nursing and other therapeutic services to a patient’s personal residence) failed to meet the Condition of Participation (the terms healthcare organizations must meet to participate in federally funded healthcare programs) for Clinical Records of patients as…

An organization that delivers skilled nursing and other therapeutic services to a patient’s personal residence) failed to ensure 12 of 968 Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS, a standardized data collection tool used by HHA to measure patient outcomes, quality improvement and…

Or to maintain health and independence) failed to document how they measured, analyzed, and tracked, measurable improvement in QAPI (Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement) indicators for wound care and documentation.

Or to maintain health and independence) failed to document QAPI (Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement) projects for the year 2025 This failure had the potential for increased risk to patient safety, higher costs of preventable errors, increased operating costs, and potential sanctions or…

Or to maintain health and independence) failed to ensure that the HHA’s Governing Body (GB, a group of individuals who have responsibility for the overall management and operations, such as the legal, financial aspects of the organization, including oversight of the patient care, fiscal operations…

An organization that delivers skilled nursing and other therapeutic services to a patient’s personal residence) failed to ensure the Skilled Nursing Visit Notes for two of six sampled patients (Patient 2 and Patient 4) reflect the actual date when the visit notes were entered.

An organization that delivers skilled nursing and other therapeutic services to a patient’s personal residence) failed to include the updated wound care orders for one of six sampled patients’ (Patient 4) plan of care.

The facility failed to ensure the Plan of Care (POC) was reviewed and signed by a physician for four of eight sampled patients (Patient 2, Patient 3, Patient 4 and Patient 6).

Or to maintain health and independence) failed to ensure the physician was made aware when one of nine sampled patient’s (Patient 3) blood pressure and heart rate was not within normal range.

An organization that delivers skilled nursing and other therapeutic services to a patient’s personal residence) failed to ensure timely and complete wound assessments were documented for one of eight sampled patients (Patient 6) in accordance with the facility’s policy and procedure (P&P) titled…

The facility failed to ensure the medication profile for one of eight sampled patients (Patient 1) has written instructions on how to administer the medications via gastrostomy (G-tube, a surgical opening fitted with a device to allow feedings to be administered directly to the stomach common for…

Or to maintain health and independence) QAPI (Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement) program failed to address patient’s concern with wound care and assessment.

The facility failed to ensure clinical visit notes were completed for three of eight sampled patients (Patient 2, Patient 4, and Patient 6) when Registered Nurse (RN) 1, Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) 4, and LVN 5 did not document skilled nursing visit notes.

An organization that delivers skilled nursing and other therapeutic services to a patient’s personal residence) failed to ensure the Physical Therapy Assistant providing services for two of three sampled patients (Patient 1 and Patient 3) were supervised by a Physical Therapist.

An organization that delivers skilled nursing and other therapeutic services to a patient’s personal residence) failed to ensure clinical visit notes were completed for three of eight sampled patients (Patient 2, Patient 4, and Patient 6) when Registered Nurse (RN) 1, Licensed Vocational Nurse…