Tender HH RN

Tender HH RN has 3 years experience and specializes in Home Health Nursing.

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1. How MUCH is HOMEHEALTH IN SOUTHERN CA?

   Tender HH RN replied to jom0124's topic in Home Health

   Do you know what other agencies in your area offer? (So Cal) We offer a lower amount because we're a newer agency but we're looking to hire new employees and I wanted to get some statistics. We were thinking of implementing higher rates but only if ...

2. Top Diagnosis

   Tender HH RN replied to Tender HH RN's topic in Home Health

   Yes, I completely understand. I just find that the advice in forums will get me in the right direction as there are years of experience behind the advice. Thank you!

3. Medicare Survey

   Tender HH RN replied to Tender HH RN's topic in Home Health

   All awesome links, thank you so much!

4. Top Diagnosis

   Tender HH RN replied to Tender HH RN's topic in Home Health

   The age range for our patients is currently 18-x. Are there stringent requirements that we would need to adhere to in order to see minors?

5. Top Diagnosis

   Tender HH RN replied to Tender HH RN's topic in Home Health

   Would you suggest, or anyone else for that matter, that we employ a therapist prior to our Medicare certification? We thought it was better to employ therapists after certification to avoid any additional work prior to our survey. Its definitely some...

6. Top Diagnosis

   Tender HH RN posted a topic in Home Health

   We are trying to determine which types of doctors we should be trying to target to market our agency to. We are an agency that, as of now, only offers skilled nursing, home health aides, and medical social work services. What are the top diagnosis in...

7. Talk to me about orientation

   Tender HH RN replied to KateRN1's topic in Home Health

   I completely agree 4evernrs. We actually are still dealing with paper forms because we are fairly new but we had a separate training to focus on paperwork. It took time, but we created documents that explained key areas to ensure the nurses fill out ...

8. Medicare Survey

   Tender HH RN posted a topic in Home Health

   Hello, I'm in the process of getting Medicare certified. We are waiting for our CMS 855A to be approved then we will be applying for JCAHO accreditation deemed status in order to achieve both concurrently. I have tried looking for great resources, c...

9. Anyone else sick and tired of being asked to work every weekend?

   Tender HH RN replied to RN1263's topic in Home Health

   I see. Yes, that is the toughest part. Is it because there is a shortage of nurses? I would like to try to avoid this problem as much as possible.

10. Anyone else sick and tired of being asked to work every weekend?

    Tender HH RN replied to RN1263's topic in Home Health

    Does your agency ask for your general availability? This is actually a great subject to learn about, from the perspective of a home health owner, as scheduling visits is tough. Home health is a very flexible industry and so we try to schedule visits ...

11. New Home Health Agency Contracting

    Tender HH RN replied to Tender HH RN's topic in Home Health

    Got it, thank you!

12. How do you "bond" with your patients?

    Tender HH RN replied to winter_green's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In the home health industry especially, I've learned that "bonding" is key. There are certainly those patients who refuse to even speak but once you get a patient to trust you it helps the patient-caregiver relationship. It opens up communication and...

13. New Home Health Agency Contracting

    Tender HH RN replied to Tender HH RN's topic in Home Health

    Awesome links, thank you Karen. We actually did look into Medi-cal but they do not do separate surveys for those. Forgive me, I'm very new to this but what is the exact difference between something like Medi-cal and Medicaid?

14. Home Health Private Insurance Reimbursement

    Tender HH RN replied to Tender HH RN's topic in Entrepreneurs

    I am definitely seeing that, thank you for your reply!

15. New Home Health Agency Contracting

    Tender HH RN replied to Tender HH RN's topic in Home Health

    Kate - I know, I'm seeing that now and its depressing. We actually have not had a patient with the need for a home health aide, do they usually last a full episode? 4evernrs - thank you for the advice. I will definitely be doing some heavy marketing...