Very curious about medicare's criteria for "continuous care." I was under the impression that it had to be a "skilled nursing" activity every 15 minutes. Could anyone clarify or explain what exactly they require? thanks as always... 0 Likes
tewdles, RN Specializes in PICU, NICU, L&D, Public Health, Hospice. Has 31 years experience. Nov 21, 2009 "(2) Continuous home care day. A continuous home care day is a day on which an individualwho has elected to receive hospice care is not in an inpatient facility and receives hospice careconsisting predominantly of nursing care on a continuous basis at home. Home health aide orhomemaker services or both may also be provided on a continuous basis. Continuous homecare is only furnished during brief periods of crisis as described in Sec. 418.204(a) and only asnecessary to maintain theterminally ill patient at home.(4) The hospice payment on a continuous care day varies depending on the number of hours ofcontinuous services provided. The continuous home care rate is divided by 24 to yield an hourlyrate. The number of hours of continuous care provided during a continuous home care day isthen multiplied by the hourly rate to yield the continuous home care payment for that day. Aminimum of 8 hours of care must be furnished on a particular day to qualify for the continuoushome care rate."http://www.nhpco.org/files/public/regulatory/Continuous_Home_Care.pdf Edited Nov 26, 2009 by NRSKarenRN 0 Likes
tewdles, RN Specializes in PICU, NICU, L&D, Public Health, Hospice. Has 31 years experience. Nov 21, 2009 dang links 0 Likes
NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN Specializes in Vents, Telemetry, Home Care, Home infusion. Has 44 years experience. Nov 26, 2009 dang links Fixed it. :) 0 Likes