Based on personnel file review, staff interview and policy and procedures, it was determined the agency failed to ensure the Social Worker (SW) held a Georgia Professional license as required by law to perform social work for hospice patients and their families. --- Review of the personnel file for the Social Worker (SW) on 3/13/2023 at 11:00 a.m., revealed the agency employed SW failed to have a license to perform social work for hospice patients as required by the state of Georgia. During an interview at the agency conference room on 3/15/2023 at 10:00 a.m., the Director of Hospice Services confirmed that the SW employed at the agency did not have a Georgia Professional license for Social Work. The agency failed to provide a policy that a SW must be licensed by the state of Georgia to provide patients hospice care.
Every finding on record at Affinis Hospice, LLC
Gray, Georgia · CCN 851514
1 finding across 1 survey, in the inspector's own words.
The inspector’s own words from form CMS-2567, unedited, including CMS’s own spacing. Names and some dates are redacted by CMS.
Survey of March 15, 2023
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