Every finding on record at Rx Home Health Services Inc

During the recertification survey conducted on 1/5/2026 to 1/8/2026 at RX Home Health Services Inc, a Home Health Agency, Emergency Preparedness was reviewed. RX Home Health Services Inc is in compliance with Emergency Preparedness per Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 42, Part 484.22, Condition of Participation for Home Health Agencies.

A recertification survey was completed on 1/5/2026 to 1/8/2026 at RX Home Health Services Inc. The facility was not in compliance with Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 42, Part 484.22, Requirements for Home Health Agencies.

Infection Prevention CFR(s): 484.70(a) Standard: Infection Prevention. The HHA must follow accepted standards of practice, including the use of standard precautions, to prevent the transmission of infections and communicable diseases. This STANDARD is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and interview, the home health agency registered nurse (RN), Staff C, failed to follow standard precautions during a home visit with Sample Patient (SP) #1. The findings include: During a home visit on 1/6/2026 at 10:44 AM, the surveyor observed that Staff C failed to sanitize a blood pressure cuff and pulse oximeter before taking SP #1's vital signs. The surveyor observed that Staff C failed to sanitize the blood pressure cuff and pulse oximeter before returning the equipment to her personal bag. The blood pressure cuff and pulse oximeter did not belong to SP #1. During an interview with the Administrator and Director of Nursing (DON) on 1/6/2026 at 12:30 PM, the DON said that Staff C has many years of experience and should know how to follow standard precautions when caring for patients.

Interdisciplinary assessment of the patient CFR(s): 484.75(b)(1) Ongoing interdisciplinary assessment of the patient; This ELEMENT is not met as evidenced by: Based on clinical record review and interview, the home health agency failed to conduct interdisciplinary team meetings for 9 of 9 sample patients (SP), SP #1, SP #2, SP #3, SP #4, SP #5, SP #6, SP #7, SP #8, and SP #9. The findings include: The surveyor found no evidence of case conference reports or interdisciplinary team meetings for SP #1, SP #2, SP #3, SP #4, SP #5, SP #6, SP #7, SP #8, and SP #9 during clinical record review on 1/8/2026. The surveyor asked the Director of Nursing (DON) for any documentation showing that case conferences or interdisciplinary team meetings had been conducted for the 9 sample patients on 1/8/2026 at 11:52 AM. The surveyor asked the DON again for any documentation showing that case conferences or interdisciplinary team meetings had been conducted for the 9 sample patients on 1/8/2026 at 12:09 PM. The DON said she would ask the Patient Care Coordinator to send them to her. The surveyor asked the DON again for any documentation showing that case conferences or interdisciplinary team meetings had been conducted for the 9 sample patients on 1/8/2026 at 1:13 PM. The DON showed a clinical note where care coordination with a single caregiver had been documented. The surveyor read the regulations to the DON and asked if any discussions or meetings had been held with the patients' teams of caregivers such as the home health aide, physical therapist, occupational therapist, and nurse to discuss the patients' health statuses and share recommendations for the plan of care. The DON said she does not have meetings with the teams of caregivers to discuss the patients. During an interview on 1/8/2026 that started at 2:40 PM, the Administrator said that they will start holding case conferences with the interdisciplinary team immediately. The surveyor was not provided with any documentation showing that case conferences or interdisciplinary team meetings had been conducted for the 9 sample patients before leaving the home health agency on 1/8/2026 at 4:00 PM.