Question regarding an opportunity

[nitasarn]

Ive recently been approached about doing chart reviews or overseeing charts for a private home health agency that it just starting up. They made it seem like i would just be looking at charts and reviewing them and then initaling them. i know thats theres a lot more to that? Is there anyone that it doing this as a registered nurse and can tell me what exactly does this job entail? How to i go about getting more information before I meet up with this agency.

[JustMeRN]

Ive recently been approached about doing chart reviews or overseeing charts for a private home health agency that it just starting up. They made it seem like i would just be looking at charts and reviewing them and then initaling them. i know thats theres a lot more to that? Is there anyone that it doing this as a registered nurse and can tell me what exactly does this job entail? How to i go about getting more information before I meet up with this agency.

I dont do do chart reviews, and have only worked home health abou 9 months, but here's my input. Our chart review nurses don't necessarily just review documentation. They review oasis and icd-9 codes and suggest changes to meet Medicare requirements. If this is the job they are asking you to do then you need strong knowledge of Medicare, icd codes, and oasis documentation. Hope that helps.

[Libby1987]

This is a situation where a nurse that you don't know is assessing and documenting on a patient you don't know and then signing your name to MD orders after they've been tweaked by someone else you don't know for reimbursement.

You need to know Medicare home health regulations and criteria to be qualified to review charts, don't put your professional signature on anything when you're not strongly familiar.