copperkettle

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1. HELP! Is this ethical or even legal??

   copperkettle replied to IndianaHH's topic in Home Health

   Unions are a two-edged sword. I've been on both sides of it. With the current administration in Washington wanting to take over all of health care, we can bet that SEIU will either be knocking on your door soon, or trying to co-opt any other nursin...

2. Home Care Fraud - How to escape.

   copperkettle replied to erroridiot's topic in Home Health

   Wow. I don't want to sound like a Pollyanna here, but I've worked for this agency connected to a hospital for a few years. Our bosses are absolute sticklers about compliance and documentation. Most of the kinds of fraud mentioned in the previous po...

3. OASIS nurses??

   copperkettle replied to aubreysmommy's topic in Home Health

   If your system is organized so you can easily communicate with the nurses doing the visits, it will make your life much easier if you can see in advance when a recert or discharge is coming up, and ask the nurses who have seen the patients to provide...

4. Mckesson Horizon Home Healthcare

   copperkettle replied to gaus0023's topic in Home Health

   I've worked with Horizon at our agency for the past few years. We have current high quality laptops and our IT dept keeps things updated. My opinion -- while McKesson may cover the Medicare requirements well, the user interface continues to look lik...