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1. 14day Aide Supervisory visits

   cynda replied to cynda's topic in Home Health

   Unfortunately we have quite a few that are montly for catheter changes or B12s, so we end up having to do an unpaid sup at least once a month, but we don't want to have to do any more than we have to,, the OASIS visit dates and the HHA sup dates just...

2. 14day Aide Supervisory visits

   cynda posted a topic in Home Health

   Looking for some advice on how other agencies handle 14day supervisions...seems that all to often we end up making extra visits just to do the supervision. For example we have a patient needs to be seen tomorrow for the HHA supervisory visit(it is th...

3. PPS billing-reasonable amount?

   cynda posted a topic in Home Health

   Does anyone have a list of what amounts of specific supplies are considered reasonable amount to provide to patients. For example, how many catheter bags per episode or per month are to be provided by the agency? We typically order 1 night bag and 1...

4. home health on line benching

   cynda replied to renerian's topic in Home Health

   We are always looking for ideas, we currently track, urinary device days and IV device days for bench marking. Let me know what you might be interested in doing. Can email me directly at [email protected]

5. On Call dilemma

   cynda replied to AngiRN's topic in Home Health

   At the agency I work we don't have any problem with being on call, one person takes call 7days/week(was voluntary) with the understanding that if a call comes in the staff nurse who resides closest to that patients house would make the visit if neces...

6. OASIS question

   cynda posted a topic in Home Health

   MO790-management of inhalent/mist medications Some of our nurses are not including meds such as Miacalcin, NTG spray as an inhalent or mist medication they are only including nebulizer tx or inhalers. Other nurses are including these types of drugs....

7. # of visits per day

   cynda posted a topic in Home Health

   I was wondering how many visits per day most agencies do. Is mileage taken into consideration? I think 5-6 visits/day is pretty reasonable, we count an admission as 3 visits and any other oasis as 2 visits, so an admission and 3 revisits would total ...

8. Worn Thin From the Paperwork

   cynda replied to nightingale's topic in Home Health

   Sounds like you work for a very disorganized agency. I have been in home health for 15 years and wouldn't dream of doing anything else. The paperwork is demanding but with an organized system in place it is managable. Hate to see you give up on it,, ...

9. LPN-RN programs

   cynda posted a topic in Pennsylvania

   I'm an LPN with almost 20 years experience. I am interested in pursuing my ASN degree. Going the traditional route isn't possible since i have a full-time day shift position and none of my local schools offer the required nursing courses in the eve...

10. Home Health Salaries in PA

    cynda replied to Lemmon's topic in Pennsylvania

    I'm in NEPA,, we average about $20-25/hr for RNs, our paid time starts from the first visit until we finish at the end of the day,, this includes drive time,, we also get reimbursed mileage. No differential for difficult cases/admissions. We don't ...