Vcp Home Health Care Agency Inc

The agency failed to encode and electronically transmit each completed OASIS assessment (a tool used by agencies to collect comprehensive data on patient clinical, functional and service needs) to the CMS system, regarding each beneficiary with respect to which information is required to be…

The agency failed to ensure each patient received the home health services that were written in an individualized plan of care that identified patient-specific measurable outcomes and goals, and which were periodically reviewed and signed by a doctor of medicine, osteopathy, or podiatry acting…

The agency failed to ensure patients were advised of the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of the following Federally-funded and state-funded entities that served the area where the patients resided: Center for Independent Living (iii) Protection and Advocacy Agency, Aging and Disability…

A registered nurse failed to conduct an initial assessment visit to determine the immediate care and support needs of 1 (Identifier 4) of 5 active records reviewed.

The agency failed to ensure that 3 (Identifier 1,2, and 3) of three patients were provided written instruction of the visit schedule, including frequency of visits by HHA personnel and personnel acting on behalf of the HHA.

The agency failed to enforce their written policy that specified the agency's client care practices for the start of care for 1 (Identifier 4) of 5 active records reviewed.