Every finding on record at Health Network Homecare

Based on review of the clinical record and interview with agency personnel, for one of six patients (Patient's #3) who received Home Health Aide services, the agency professionals failed to provide on-site supervisory visits at a minimum of every two weeks. The finding includes: --- Patient #3 elected the hospice benefit on 06/11/2022 and resided in a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) with a diagnosis that included Alzheimers disease. The physicians orders for the certification period of 06/11/2022 to 09/08/2022 included nursing services one time per week for eleven weeks, Chaplin services twice per month for three months and Home Health Aide services twice per week for twelve weeks for assistance with personal care. Interview and review of the nurses notes with the Hospice Program Director on 09/28/2022 at 10:30 AM, identified one Home Health Aide supervision occurred for the certification period of 06/11/2022 to 09/08/2022. The Hospice Program Director failed to identify a Home Health Aide supervisory visits no less frequently than every two weeks were performed for Patient #3. Review of the agencys policy for Home Health Aide Service, identified for Patients receiving skilled services, in-home supervision of the Home Health Aide plan of care would be completed by a Registered Nurse (RN) no less than every fourteen days.