bhatt

bhatt has 20 years experience and specializes in Home Health and ER.

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1. what is your oasis deadline

   bhatt replied to cny4rn's topic in Home Health

   Our agency is 24hrs. But if your really, busy we have to have it in within 5 days. The Oasis has to be transmitted within 7 days. I make it a practise of 24 to 48 hrs.

2. Oasis B 1 2008

   bhatt replied to amesly15's topic in Home Health

   not where i am from. nurses make the assessment and determine if the other disciplines are needed. that includes pt, ot, msw and hha. i am surprised at the amount of visits pt can make. i am lucky if i can tiw for a fractured hip. take care.

3. Q for nurses who get paid per visit/admission

   bhatt replied to wonderbee's topic in Home Health

   I would hate to think that you are being taken advantage of. We get $80. for an admission visit. I have done those off the wall distances, and I make it very clear that I am not following this case, not discharging this patient at the end of the ca...

4. Does HH keep patients indefinitely?

   bhatt replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Home Health

   Under medicare and medicaid, the foley change every month can go on indefinately. It just has to be medically necessary, patient under doctors care, and patient be homebound (meaning it is physically taxing for the patient to leave the home) usual...

5. A New Car

   bhatt replied to cherilee's topic in Home Health

   I have been in home care 20 years, I remember 20 years ago cars were given to the nurses as agency cars, you used the car as long as you were working for them. I would look into the particulars of that offer. Home care (as well as every other area of...