Download or read book Handbook of Home Health Standards E Book written by Tina M. Marrelli and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2008-10-13 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handbook of Home Health Standards: Quality, Documentation, and Reimbursement includes everything the home care nurse needs to provide quality care and effectively document care based on accepted professional standards. This handbook offers detailed standards and documentation guidelines including ICD-9-CM (diagnostic) codes, OASIS considerations, service skills (including the skills of the multidisciplinary health care team), factors justifying homebound status, interdisciplinary goals and outcomes, reimbursement, and resources for practice and education. The fifth edition of this “little red book has been updated to include new information from the most recently revised Federal Register Final Rule and up-to-date coding. All information in this handbook has been thoroughly reviewed, revised, and updated. Offers easy-to-access and easy-to-read format that guides users step by step through important home care standards and documentation guidelines Provides practical tips for effective documentation of diagnoses/clinical conditions commonly treated in the home, designed to positively influence reimbursement from third party payors. Lists ICD-9-CM diagnostic codes, needed for completing CMS billing forms, in each body system section, along with a complete alphabetical list of all codes included in the book in an appendix. Incorporates hospice care and documentation standards so providers can create effective hospice documentation. Emphasizes the provision of quality care by providing guidelines based on the most current approved standards of care. Includes the most current NANDA-approved nursing diagnoses so that providers have the most accurate and up-to-date information at their fingertips. Identifies skilled services, including services appropriate for the multidisciplinary team to perform. Offers discharge planning solutions to address specific concerns so providers can easily identify the plan of discharge that most effectively meets the patient’s needs. Lists the crucial parts of all standards that specific members of the multidisciplinary team (e.g., the nurse, social worker) must uphold to work effectively together to achieve optimum patient outcomes. Resources for care and practice direct providers to useful sources to improve patient care and/or enhance their professional practice. Each set of guidelines includes patient, family, and caregiver education so that health care providers can supply clients with necessary information for specific problems or concerns. Communication tips identify quantifiable data that assists in providing insurance case managers with information on which to make effective patient care decisions. Several useful sections make the handbook thorough and complete: medicare guidelines; home care definitions, roles, and abbreviations; NANDA-approved nursing diagnoses; guidelines for home medial equipment and supplies. Small size for convenient carrying in bag or pocket! Provides the most up-to-date information about the newest and predominant reimbursement mechanisms in home care: the Prospective Payment System (PPS) and Pay For Performance (P4P). Updated terminology, definitions, and language to reflect the federal agency change from Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and other industry changes. Includes the most recent NANDA diagnoses and OASIS form and documentation explanations. New interdisciplinary roles have been added, such as respiratory therapist and nutritionist.,/LI>

Download or read book Handbook of Home Health Standards Revised Reprint written by Tina M. Marrelli and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2011-08-11 with total page 761 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handbook of Home Health Standards, Revised Reprint

Download or read book Handbook of Home Health Standards written by Tina M. Marrelli and published by . This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 739 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 6th edition of this comprehensive handbook provides practical information about complex Medicare and other "rules" in home care. Areas include OASIS considerations, possible patient goals/outcomes, skills based on the assessed patient needs, comfort consideration, and caregiver considerations. All you need to know about care planning. Other areas include tips for supporting medical necessity, quality and reimbursement and more! The Medicare Benefit Policy Manual Chapter 7, Home Health Services is reprinted for easy reference and use.

Download or read book Handbook of Home Health Standards and Documentation Guidelines for Reimbursement written by T. M. Marrelli and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In addition, with the updated HCFA home health agency manual coverage as well as coverage and documentation guidelines, forms may be completed with knowledge of the latest Medicare rules. Best of all, the OASIS-B form, which is hot off the press, is included in its entirety!

Download or read book Handbook of Home Health Standards written by Tina M. Marrelli and published by Mosby. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Home care clinicians everywhere depend on "the little red book" for essential, everyday information: detailed standards and documentation guidelines including ICD-9-CM diagnostic codes, current NANDA-I and OASIS information, factors justifying homebound status, interdisciplinary goals and outcomes, reimbursement considerations, and evidence-based resources for practice and education. COmpletely revised and updated, this indispensable handbook now includes the most recently revised Federal Register Final Rule and up-to-date coding guidelines.

Download or read book Handbook of Home Health Standards Documentation Guidelines for Reimbursement written by T. M. Marrelli and published by Mosby Incorporated. This book was released on 2001 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything the home care nurse needs to provide quality care and effectively document care based on accepted professional standards is found in this handbook. Offers detailed standards and documentation guidelines for each of more than 60 clinical problems, including ICD-9 (diagnostic) codes, service skills (including the skills of the multidisciplinary health care team), factors justifying homebound status, and more.

Download or read book Handbook of Home Health Care Administration written by Marilyn D. Harris and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 1997 with total page 1010 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of Contents Foreword Introduction Ch. 1 Home health administration : an overview 3 Ch. 2 The home health agency 16 Ch. 3 Medicare conditions of participation 27 Ch. 4 The joint commission's home care accreditation program 63 Ch. 5 CHAP accreditation : standards of excellence for home care and community health organizations 71 Ch. 6 Accreditation for home care aide and private duty services 81 Ch. 7 ACHC : accreditation for home care and alternate site health care services 86 Ch. 8 Certificate of need and licensure 92 Ch. 9 Credentialing : organizational and personnel options for home care 101 Ch. 10 The relationship of the home health agency to the state trade association 111 Ch. 11 The national association for home care and hospice 115 Ch. 12 The visiting nurse association of America 124 Ch. 13 Self-care systems in home health care nursing 131 Ch. 14 Home health care documentation and record keeping 135 App. 14-A COP standards pertaining to HHA clinical record policy 147 App. 14-B Abington Memorial Hospital home care clinical records 150 Ch. 15 Computerized clinical documentation 161 Ch. 16 Home telehealth : improving care and decreasing costs 176 Ch. 17 Implementing a competency system in home care 185 Ch. 18 Meeting the need for culturally and linguistically appropriate services 211 Ch. 19 Classification : an underutilized tool for prospective payment 224 Ch. 20 Analysis and management of home health nursing caseloads and workloads 236 Ch. 21 Home health care classification (HHCC) system : an overview 247 Ch. 22 Nursing diagnoses in home health nursing 261 Ch. 23 Perinatal high-risk home care 274 Ch. 24 High technology home care services 279 Ch. 25 Discharge of a ventilator-assisted child from the hospital to home 291 Ch. 26 Performance improvement 301 Ch. 27 Evidence-based practice : basic strategies for success 310 Ch. 28 Quality planning for quality patient care 315 Ch. 29 Program Evaluation 320 App. 29-A Formats for presenting program evaluation tools Ch. 30 Effectiveness of a clinical feedback approach to improving patient outcomes 341 Ch. 31 Implementing outcome-based quality improvement into the home health agency 352 Ch. 32 Benchmarking and home health care 383 Ch. 33 Administrative policy and procedure manual 395 Ch. 34 Discharge planning 399 Ch. 35 Strategies to retain and attract quality staff 421 Ch. 36 Evaluating productivity 436 Ch. 37 Labor-management relations 448 Ch. 38 Human resource management 459 Ch. 39 Staff development in a home health agency 474 Ch. 40 Transitioning nurses to home care 484 Ch. 41 Case management 495 Ch. 42 Managed care 499 Ch. 43 Community-based long-term care : preparing for a new role 507 Ch. 44 Understanding the exposures of home health care : an insurance primer 519 Ch. 45 Budgeting for home health agencies 527 Ch. 46 Reimbursement 535 Ch. 47 How to read, interpret, and understand financial statements 549 Ch. 48 Management information systems 558 Ch. 49 Legal issues of concern to home care providers 571 Ch. 50 Understanding the basics of home health compliance 590 Ch. 51 The HIPAA standards for privacy of individually identifiable health information 616 Ch. 52 Ethical practice in the daily service to home care client, their families, and the community 666 Ch. 53 Participating in the political process 675 Ch. 54 Strategic planning 693 Ch. 55 Marketing : an overview 708 Ch. 56 The internet in home health and hospice care 723 Ch. 57 Disease management programs 736 Ch. 58 The process of visiting nurse association affiliation with a major teaching hospital 756 Ch. 59 Grantsmanship in home health care : seeking foundation support 771 Ch. 60 Home care volunteer program 778 Ch. 61 The manager as published author : tips on writing for publication 796 Ch. 62 Student placements in home health care agencies : boost or barrier to quality patient care? 810 Ch. 63 A student program in one home health agency 818 Ch. 64 The role of the physician in home care 834 Ch. 65 Research in home health agencies 840 Ch. 66 Hospice care : pioneering the ultimate love connection about living not dying 850 App. 66-A State of Connecticut physician assisted living (PAL) directive 863 App. 66-B Summary guidelines for initiation of advanced care 864 Ch. 67 Safe harbor : a bereavement program for children, teens, and families 866 Ch. 68 Planning, implementing, and managing a community-based nursing center : current challenges and future opportunities 872 Ch. 69 Adult day services - the next frontier 883 Ch. 70 Partners in healing : home care, hospice, and parish nurses 891 Ch. 71 Meeting the present challenges and continuing to thrive in the future : tips on how to be successful as an administrator in home health and hospice care 899.

Download or read book Handbook of Home Health Care Administration written by Harris and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2015-10 with total page 919 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professional reference for Nurses on Home Health Care

Download or read book Handbook of Home Health Care Administration written by Marilyn D. Harris and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2005 with total page 964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nursing

Download or read book Healthcare Interoperability Standards Compliance Handbook written by Frank Oemig and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-18 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the development and use of interoperability standards related to healthcare information technology (HIT) and provides in-depth discussion of the associated essential aspects. The book explains the principles of conformance, examining how to improve the content of healthcare data exchange standards (including HL7 v2.x, V3/CDA, FHIR, CTS2, DICOM, EDIFACT, and ebXML), the rigor of conformance testing, and the interoperability capabilities of healthcare applications for the benefit of healthcare professionals who use HIT, developers of HIT applications, and healthcare consumers who aspire to be recipients of safe and effective health services facilitated through meaningful use of well-designed HIT. Readers will understand the common terms interoperability, conformance, compliance and compatibility, and be prepared to design and implement their own complex interoperable healthcare information system. Chapters address the practical aspects of the subject matter to enable application of previously theoretical concepts. The book provides real-world, concrete examples to explain how to apply the information, and includes many diagrams to illustrate relationships of entities and concepts described in the text. Designed for professionals and practitioners, this book is appropriate for implementers and developers of HIT, technical staff of information technology vendors participating in the development of standards and profiling initiatives, informatics professionals who design conformance testing tools, staff of information technology departments in healthcare institutions, and experts involved in standards development. Healthcare providers and leadership of provider organizations seeking a better understanding of conformance, interoperability, and IT certification processes will benefit from this book, as will students studying healthcare information technology.

Download or read book The Medical Staff Handbook written by and published by Joint Commission Resources. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Medical Staff Handbook is the completely updated edition that provides an in-depth explanation of Joint Commission standards that address all medical staff issues, including the recently revised MS.01.01.01 standard. This reliable one-stop resource provides information on the credentialing, privileging, and appointment processes for hospital practitioners. The Medical Staff Handbook also includes the following: * An appendix with all Joint Commission Medical Staff standards, rationale, elements of performance, and scoring information * Complete coverage of medical staff bylaws and other areas affected by the revised MS.01.01.01 standard * Thorough interpretation of all Joint Commission standards related to the medical staff * Tips for developing new medical staff processes and improving existing processes for appointment and reappointment * Sample documents, practical strategies, and detailed examples to help readers understand and comply with the Medical Staff standards

Download or read book Hospice and Palliative Care Handbook written by T. M. Marrelli and published by SIGMA Theta Tau International. This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Risk Management Handbook for Health Care Organizations written by American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM) and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-04-27 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Risk Management Handbook for Health Care Organizations, Student Edition This comprehensive textbook provides a complete introduction to risk management in health care. Risk Management Handbook, Student Edition, covers general risk management techniques; standards of health care risk management administration; federal, state and local laws; and methods for integrating patient safety and enterprise risk management into a comprehensive risk management program. The Student Edition is applicable to all health care settings including acute care hospital to hospice, and long term care. Written for students and those new to the topic, each chapter highlights key points and learning objectives, lists key terms, and offers questions for discussion. An instructor's supplement with cases and other material is also available. American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM) is a personal membership group of the American Hospital Association with more than 5,000 members representing health care, insurance, law, and other related professions. ASHRM promotes effective and innovative risk management strategies and professional leadership through education, recognition, advocacy, publications, networking, and interactions with leading health care organizations and government agencies. ASHRM initiatives focus on developing and implementing safe and effective patient care practices, preserving financial resources, and maintaining safe working environments.

Download or read book The Home Health Aide Handbook written by Jetta Lee Fuzy and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautiful, full-color, third edition of The Home Health Aide Handbook is unlike any other handbook or pocket guide on the market. This up-to-date book is a valuable tool for many reasons. For home health aides, it includes all the procedures learned in their training program, plus references to abbreviations, medical terms, care guidelines for specific diseases, and an appendix to include important names and phone numbers. For certified nursing assistants moving to home care, we've included helpful information on making the transition from institutions to homes. In addition, this book contains all of the federal requirements for home health aides so it also can be used in a basic training program. Not only is it inexpensive, but it's also full-color, loaded with photos and illustrations Use it for training and encourage your aides to carry it with them into the field to use as a quick reference tool. The third edition contains updated information on: * Federal requirements for home health aides * Expanded coverage on infection prevention * Observing and reporting * HIPAA and how to protect a client's privacy * Proper nutrition and special diets * Care guidelines for specific diseases * Pain management * Commonly-used abbreviations * Oxygen therapy * Home-care specific tips for housekeeping and cooking * Disaster guidelines * Comprehensive glossary This handy guide is the perfect size. It fits easily into a backpack, purse, or home care bag. Encourage your aides to carry it with them into the field to use as a quick reference tool.

Download or read book Handbook of Home Health Orientation written by T. M. Marrelli and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practical, easy-to-use guide for virtually every home health agency's orientation program. Home health agencies will find this handbook a current, consistent, convenient way to ensure that all new staff members receive and understand basic information. Presents the various regulatory and clinical information needed for effective care planning, evaluation, and reimbursement.

Download or read book Handbook of Smart Homes Health Care and Well Being written by Joost van Hoof and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-03-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smart homes, home automation and ambient-assisted living are terms used to describe technological systems that enrich our living environment and provide means to support care, facilitate well-being and improve comfort. This handbook provides an overview of the domain from the perspective of health care and technology. In Part 1, we set out to describe the demographic changes in society, including ageing and diseases and impairments which lead to the needs for technological solutions. In Part 2, we describe the technological solutions, ranging from sensor-based networks, components, to communication protocols that are used in the design of smart homes. We also deal will biomedical features which can be measured and services that can be delivered to end-users as well as the use of social robots. In Part 3, we present best practices in the field. These best practices mainly focus on existing projects in Europe, the USA and Asia, in which people receive help through dedicated technological solutions being part of the continuum of the home environment and care.