Every finding on record at Approve Home Medical Services

. On 09/09/2024 at 10:15 AM, an entrance conference was conducted with Agency Representatives. The Agency was informed the purpose of the visit was to conduct a Medicare Recertification survey for compliance with the Conditions of Participation for Home Health. On 09/12/2024 at 10:30 AM an exit conference was conducted with Agency Representatives. Preliminary findings of the survey were discussed. .

Encoding and transmitting OASIS CFR(s): 484.45(a) Standard: An HHA must encode and electronically transmit each completed OASIS assessment to the CMS system, regarding each beneficiary with respect to which information is required to be transmitted (as determined by the Secretary), within 30 days of completing the assessment of the beneficiary. This STANDARD is not met as evidenced by: Based on review of pre-survey error report dated the previous year for late OASIS submissions, there were 35 OASIS that were submitted past the required submission time. 1. During an interview with Agency staff members, it was revealed that these late OASIS submissions were due to an inability to process the OASIS data timely. Agency staff member #3 stated a quality improvement process had been put into place within the past year, however, when an error report was ran for the current year, "there was an increase over the past year in late OASIS submissions." Agency staff members #1 and #3 verified the late OASIS submissions and agreed that more work was required to correct the late OASIS data submissions.