Im going to try to keep this short. I am a manager at a home care company. I had a patient who passed away, however his nurse submitted a visit note for 2 days after he passed. I spoke with her, she...
Thanks everyone. The nurse explained that she saw the patient when she was in the area a few days earlier. We decided to believe her but put her on a PIP. She will need to get signatures for visits...
I get what your saying but isn't DPH going to wonder why we changed the visit dates? And why would she would visit the patient on an off day? Call me selfish but I don't want to have to stand in front...
Thats OK. No she had no idea he had passed until I told her....after she told me she saw him but he probably forgot she was there. It was after I told her he passed that she decided she must have seen...
Yes I am her direct super visor. And the first story was that the patient is forgetful and the second that she must have see them before they passed away but she didn't remember because she has been...
So my understanding is there is a flat rate of reimbursement based on diagnosis. So therapies are not going to be wanted very much. I know there have been massive layoffs in my area due to it. I am...
Our medicare patients are, but we dont actually have many of those. Most of our patients are Medicaid and they pay in 15 minute med admin visits. Plus we have BID patients so some nurses do upwards of...
NYARN replied to Nursevibes's topic in Home Health
I mean its up to you. You either suck it up a d deal or dont. I hate smoking but my patients smoked all over me when I was an LPN and then a CM. It sucked but the job was worth
I have nurses that do up to 20 per day. 10 AM and 10 PM usually. 2 SOCs in one day is ridiculous for a CM. D/Cs and transfers are simple though, at least in my company. I can complete one in 5...
So I am going to say that it depends on to many factors to decide. I am currently the clinical manager of a small home health company. We specialize on psych and our visits are 15 minutes on average....