G0980: Primary Hha Is Responsible For Patient Care
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Data from CMS inspection reports (Form 2567), 2018-01-02 to 2026-10-15, downloaded 2026-10-21; CMS agency list file dated 2026-09-21. CMS source file. What the labels mean
Where it was cited
- Indiana18
- Michigan5
- Florida4
- California3
- Arizona1
- Idaho1
- Illinois1
- Louisiana1
- Missouri1
- Nevada1
- Ohio1
- Texas1
- Virginia1
- West Virginia1
Most recent citations
The 20 most recent of 40 citations. Newest inspection first.
Humble Home Health Care Inc
The agency failed to ensure the written contract for services included language that ensured the home health agency retained overall responsibility for all services provided, and failed to specify how supervision would occur for 3 (Contract #1, Contract #2, Contract #3) of 3 contracts reviewed…
Medical Services of America Home Health
The agency failed to retain overall responsibility for therapy services provided to their patients when they did not ensure they had a valid and current contract and by failing to fully investigate a contracted Physical Therapist (PT) who submitted erroneous documentation for 1 of 12 records…
Egan-Ochsner Home Health River Parishes
The agency failed to ensure the agency maintained responsibility for the Extended Home Health (EHH) patients who were assigned to the home health agency.
Reliance Health Care LLC
The agency failed to ensure a patient received ordered services in a timely manner for 1 of 7 patients (Patient #5).
Pediatric Nursing Specialists of Indiana
Failed to ensure 15 patients receiving care and services were provided by clinicians who were directly employed by this agency and failed to ensure 2 of 2 service contracts under arrangement were able to provide therapy services that cover the entire state of Indiana.
Pediatric Nursing Specialists of Indiana
The agency failed to ensure 2 of 2 service contracts under arrangement were able to provide therapy services that cover the entire state of Indiana.
Pediatric Nursing Specialists of Indiana
The agency failed to ensure 2 of 2 service contracts under arrangement were able to provide therapy services that cover the entire state of Indiana.
Laporte Home Care Services, LLC
No longer in CMS listThe home health agency failed to ensure the home health aide contract for services specified how the primary home health aide supervision would occur in 1 of 1 home health aide contracted agreements.
Supportive Home Health Care, LLC
The agency failed to ensure that the primary home health agency is responsible for patient care services for 2 of 2 (Contractor-1, Contractor-2) contracts reviewed, resulting in a lack of overall responsibility by the agency for patient care services.
Absolute Home Health LLC
The Agency failed to ensure patient care provided by staff under arrangement was supervised.
Sunshine Home Care of Michigan, Inc
The Agency failed to retain overall responsibility for all services provided, resulting in the potential for inappropriate care or unmet care needs for Agency patients.
Ascension at Home
The agency failed to ensure all shared patients had one primary home health agency which was delineated in a written agreement between home health agencies for 2 of 2 active patient records reviewed with shared agencies (#1, 16).
Helping Angels, Inc
No longer in CMS listThe home health agency failed to ensure written agreements were in place which delineated which agency was the primary agency for 3 of 3 active shared patient records reviewed (#1, 2, 4), which had the potential to affect 16 of 16 patients identified as receiving services from at least one other…
Adaptive Nursing and Healthcare Services, LLC
No longer in CMS listThe home health agency failed to ensure a shared patient agreement which indicated the primary agency was created for 5 of 5 active shared patient records (#1, 2, 3, 6, 7), in a total sample of 8 records reviewed.
Adaptive Nursing and Healthcare Services, LLC
No longer in CMS listThe home health agency failed to ensure a shared patient agreement which indicated the primary agency was created for 5 of 5 active shared patient records (#1, 2, 4, 6, 7), in a total sample of 8 records reviewed.
Tiffco CARE2 LLC
No longer in CMS listThe agency failed to ensure they had written agreements with agencies who they share patients with, outlining who has the overall responsibility for all services provided in 4 of 4 active records reviewed of patients receiving services from outside agencies in a sample of 7. (Patient #2, 3, 4, 5)…
Shas Inc.
No longer in CMS listThe home health agency failed to ensure a shared patient agreement which indicated the primary home health agency was created for 2 of 2 active records reviewed (#2, 5), in a total sample of 24 patients who received care from another agency and 17 records reviewed.
Touch of Love Home Health Care Inc
No longer in CMS listThe home health agency failed to ensure a shared patient agreement which indicated who the primary home health agency was created for 3 of 3 patients who received care from another agency (#1, 4, 5), in a total sample of 7 records.
Onoria Health Care Provider Inc Home Health and Ho
The agency failed to provide Certified Home Health Aide (CHHA) services for one of 11 sampled patients (Patient 1).
Elara Caring
The agency failed to ensure all patients had one primary home health agency, and all services provided to the patient occurred either directly or under arrangements for all patients with shared agencies for 16 of 16 patients with other agency's who provided care in the home (#16, 18, 19, 20, 21…