Every finding on record at Visiting Nurse Association of Florida Inc

A Federal Emergency Preparedness survey was conducted on 4/17/2024 through to 4/18/2024 at Visiting Nurse Association of Florida, a Home Health Agency. The provider was in compliance with Emergency Preparedness per Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 42, Part 484.22, Conditions of Participation for Home Health Agencies.

A recertification survey was conducted at Visiting Nurse Association of Florida, a Home Health agency on 4/17/2024 through 4/18/2024. The agency was not in compliance with the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 42, Part 484, Conditions of Participation for Home Health Agencies.

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 the agency's HHA Error Report for the previous 12 months, it was determined the agency failed to transmit Oasis data within 30 days of completing the assessment. Findings Include: Review of the HHA Error Report for the previous 12 months, run 4/16/2024, revealed one hundred and forty-five Oasis assessments were not transmitted with 30 days of completing the Oasis assessment for/ the beneficiaries. On 4/18/2024 an interview with the Regional Director of Nursing confirmed Client assessments were late being sent to Oasis and revealed that when staff are completed with the assessments, they are sent to the corporate office for further auditing and that may be where the assessments are held up prior to submission to Oasis. She did confirm that the assessments should be completed and submitted electronically within thirty days. The Administrator, Regional Administrator, and Regional Director of Nursing did not have a specific policy and procedure related to assessment submission to Oasis.