CharlaRN

CharlaRN specializes in PICU/ICU INP since 2005.

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1. INP - Indep. Nurse Provider for Medi-CAL Info needed

   CharlaRN replied to Kath_RN's topic in Home Health

   Hi again, Susan! Another idea is to go directly to a few hospitals and speak with the Social Workers in NICU and PICU. Once you clarify what you've been doing at home with medically fragile foster children, they can refer a child to you. I haven't ...

2. INP - Indep. Nurse Provider for Medi-CAL Info needed

   CharlaRN replied to Kath_RN's topic in Home Health

   These kids are straight Medi-Cal, and, not Managed Care. Your POT/TAR would NOT go through CCS like Managed Care has to. By looking up their Benefit ID # (BID) on the Medi-Cal site, you can check for yourself that the child is straight Medi-Cal. I...

3. How to do skilled visits independently and bill Medicare

   CharlaRN replied to PeacefulHeart's topic in Entrepreneurs

   Go to www.medi-cal.ca.gov and follow the links. You'll need your NPI (National Provider Number) and your INP (Independent Nurse Provider) before you can bill for Medi-Cal patients.

4. Calling All California Independent Nurses for Medi-Cal's EPSDT

   CharlaRN posted a topic in Home Health

   Independent Nurse Providers for California Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) are Independent Nurses who provide care for Medically Fragile Foster Children in their own homes; thereby removing children from Group Homes, the...

5. How to do skilled visits independently and bill Medicare

   CharlaRN replied to PeacefulHeart's topic in Entrepreneurs

   I'm an Independent Nurse Provider (RN) with Medi-Cal (California's Medicare). In California, you do not need to be a NP. I needed a certain number of hospital hours in my field (Peds) in the previous two years in order to apply for my INP #. Medi-C...

6. LLU or CSULB

   CharlaRN replied to daitrong's topic in Career Support

   I didn't go to either of those schools (I went to LBCC) - however, I worked for 5 years at Loma Linda, and can tell you that the majority of the people in that hospital are just plain nice people - nurses, doctors, RT's, etc. It is a whole different...

7. PLEASE - need Home Care Flow Sheet samples

   CharlaRN replied to CharlaRN's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks, Caliotter, This is an audit (like the IRS picking a random nurse to audit). They have an independent nurse consultant who has decided the documentation does not show that the nurse - who billed for the 12 hour shift - showed enough document...

8. PLEASE - need Home Care Flow Sheet samples

   CharlaRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   To make a long story short - a 3rd party is calling 1-2 page Home Nursing flow sheets "fraudulent" as they do not show enough documentation to pay for an 8-12 hour shift worker. Stating that "the care documented could have been done in 3 hours rath...

9. INP - Indep. Nurse Provider for Medi-CAL Info needed

   CharlaRN replied to Kath_RN's topic in Home Health

   Hi Kath, I'm an INP for Medi-Cal. You can get patient referrals from Social Workers. If you are currently with a hospital, speak to the various SW there. Also, give a call to Medi-Cal In-Home Operations and put your name on a list so they can noti...

10. Medi-Cal EPSDT documentation vs State Controller demand

    CharlaRN posted a topic in Activism

    I am an Independent Nurse Provider with Medi-Cal, In Home Operations, Home and Community-Based Services. I care for a Medically Fragile child in my home, and bill Medi-Cal. It's been a win-win situation for 4 years. Medi-Cal approves of my home doc...