Every finding on record at Horizon Hospice Specialists - Sg

Based on interview and record review, it was determined that the hospice agency did not provide spiritual counseling for all agency patients. Specifically, the agency did not perform a spiritual assessment for 11 out of 11 sampled patients. Additionally, they did not have a qualified spiritual counselor employed for an extended period of time.(Patient identifiers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11) Findings include: 1. A review of 11 patient medical records was completed on 7/12/22 through 7/14/22. 2. No documentation was located to indicate that the 11 patients had received any chaplain visits or spiritual assessments. 3. Spiritual counseling could not be found in 10 of the 11 patient medical records.(It was documented that patient 1 refused spiritual counseling) 4. On 7/14/2022 at 10:59 AM, a telephone interview was conducted with the office manager, administrator, and president of the hospice facility. The administrator stated they have a chaplain for St. George, but the one for Cedar City had left. They had been looking for eight months. She stated they are working on getting another one and a spiritual assessment was completed when a chaplain was available. The administrator stated their social worker was a bishop and had been providing some spiritual care, but he was not documenting it.