Destinclair83

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1. individual emergency plan-home health

   Destinclair83 replied to mdernbach's topic in Home Health

   Where I work they added a page into the patient information booklet that we provide on admission and we have to check off which level each patient is from the 4 different options based on the patients severity level and then explain it to the patient...

2. Home Health Rates

   Destinclair83 replied to hisrebelblue's topic in Home Health

   If you're talking to me, I work in PA.

3. Home Health Rates

   Destinclair83 replied to hisrebelblue's topic in Home Health

   What they're offering seems pretty fair. Where I work it's $56 per revisit, $100 SOC, $85 ROC, $75 Recert, mileage is $0.535 per mile and $10 for a not home/not found. They provide the cell phone.

4. documenting with kinnser software?

   Destinclair83 replied to Timetochange08's topic in Home Health

   I work for a HHA in PA, and there's a nurse who routinely does 20 visits a day. She starts out early and finishes her day late, but all her patients love her and give her rave reviews and always ask for her when they get referred again, so I can see ...

5. Asked to not recertify d/t expensive supplies

   Destinclair83 replied to RENnurse4/17's topic in Home Health

   Honestly, I would write that as well. It sounds like this would be an unsafe discharge, which, pt could call the state to file a complaint, and then here they come into the office to review charts, etc. I would definitely ensure that the patient is r...

6. Do you have a territory?

   Destinclair83 replied to onedayitllbeme's topic in Home Health

   I'd also be curious about this. At the HHA I work for, the nurses are assigned certain zip codes with multiple nurses in same zips. Right now, the clerk looks at each nurses' case load and assigns cases to distribute them evenly. I know the superviso...

7. Asked to not recertify d/t expensive supplies

   Destinclair83 replied to RENnurse4/17's topic in Home Health

   Is it wound care supplies?

8. HH OASIS nurse

   Destinclair83 replied to HHNurseJA's topic in Home Health

   Hi, I've been a SOC nurse for 5 years. I only open 3 cases per day, hourly employee. I send an email report to the supervisor who then forwards the report to the case manager. I make sure to confirm the orders with the doc, obtain the follow up appoi...