Antonia RN replied to Antonia RN's topic in Home Health
We are not charging these patients, nor are we sending bills to Medicare. Some people we keep on as "charity" cases because if they go to nursing homes, which means a minimum of an hour drive for...
Antonia RN replied to Antonia RN's topic in Home Health
So, we just "abandon" our patients because they have lazy or overworked doctors? In our case, we live in a mostly rural area and getting around is a challenge for a lot of people, expecially the...
Antonia RN replied to Antonia RN's topic in Home Health
One is a patient who has a suprapubic catheter that gets changed q 3-4 weeks, and is a paraplegic. It is difficult to get him in to the doctors, plus, the office is not equipped witha lift, making it...
Our agency has a couple of patients who have not been seen by their primary MD for over a year now. The doctors keep renewing their medications and signing off on our orders and recerts. We are...