Aredhel13

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1. Your thoughts on 2 year LPN who's now a RN looking for HH

   Aredhel13 replied to changeofpaceRN's topic in Home Health

   Congrats to you. I think the issue is that you need more experience in med-surg or DOU, someplace where you can get experience assessing a patient head to toe, and planning their care. You need to be able to draw on that experience when you are all a...

2. Pay per Visit

   Aredhel13 replied to ittybittybabynurse's topic in Home Health

   In my experience the number of visits for an 8 hour day are 5-6 depending on routine visits or a SOC , recert/resume etc. Pay per visit is the standard, otherwise there is too much potential for abuse and padding the time card. Each visit (say for 5 ...

3. Homebound status Medicare vs. Insurance

   Aredhel13 posted a topic in Home Health

   Wondering if anyone else has run into this situation. Our agency census is about 70% insurance patients and 30% Medicare. Not all the insurance patients are Medicare HMO. The insurance companies/IPA's often have home health see a patient who is not s...

4. Discharge oasis vs Admission oasis discrepancies

   Aredhel13 replied to AnnemRN's topic in Home Health

   This is a common problem, and sometimes not easy to solve. It shows the importance of a very acurate initial assessment. Whenever possible we try to have the case manager (who is likely the admitting nurse) do the discharge visit.