KLQ727 replied to Silverblitzen's topic in Home Health
Bought my daughters the Garmin Nuvi 200W for Christmas. No bells and whistles...just navigation. Very good price and they work really well. I have built-in GPS in my car and think theirs works even...
You may contact the physician and obtain orders. You may also suggest the patient contact the doctor and ask him to call you. Or tell his nurse that you will be calling for orders per their request to...
If you're setting up an intermittent visits - home health care company as opposed to providing private duty shift care in the home.... Reimbursement under medicare (PPS) basically is now based on an...
Melissa, You can use information found on my sites: http://homehealth101.com http://housecalls-online.com (Please be sure to give credit to any of your sources and authors.) or you can PM me. Kathy...
I'll let you all in on a little secret.... you really USE this process in Home Health Nursing and eveloping a plan of care for your patient. And I agree whole heartedly with the person who wrote that...
KLQ727 replied to CMCKENZIE.RN's topic in Home Health
This is a hotly debated item in our industry. There are a couple of list serves run by the Home Health Line group and this discussion is a constant factor. You may want to check these out if you need...
Yes, that's true. There must be a diagnosis of trauma/burn to get the HHRG points. However, one point that many nurses forget is that on M0450... once a decub always a decub (unless grafted) and...
Our agency is JCAHO also, but it wasn't JCAHO who required the order for the missed visits. It was a Medicare Survey that dinged us for not having MD orders for missed visits. Documentation in the...
Look on my site http://housecalls-online.com on the Resources page. A very comprehensive form is posted there. Others are coming in and I'll post them as well. On the Links page, you'll find a link to...
KLQ727 replied to JennyHHRN's topic in Home Health
If you can get them to pay for one of Nancy McGuirre's upcoming V-code tele-conferences, it's well worth the $$$ and you can have as many people as you want listening in for the one fee. I had no...
KLQ727 replied to JennyHHRN's topic in Home Health
I love your site and will place a link to it from mine. We all have the same idea, and networking is how we'll all survive! and hopefully retain some sanity. Yes, please add alink to my site on yours...
KLQ727 replied to JennyHHRN's topic in Home Health
Hello, I just found this forum today. I work as a QI analyst in a home care agency in California. I also publish my own website designed to share ideas with other home health professionals. Recently...