Download or read book Handbook of Home Health Standards written by Tina M. Marrelli and published by Mosby Incorporated. This book was released on 2011-06-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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 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 The How to Guide to Home Health Therapy Documentation written by Cindy Krafft and published by Beacon Health, a Division of Blr. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improve your therapy documentation skills today! This best-selling book has been newly updated to improve therapy documentation immediately. This practical resource is the only product on the market that aids PTs, OTs, and SLPs in honing their documentation skills under OASIS-C and complying with the therapy requirements mandated in the home health PPS rules. Through clear examples, real-life scenarios, and the expertise of author Cindy Krafft, PT, MS, therapists will be able to integrate high-quality documentation processes into effective care management practices. This book will teach you how to: Improve therapy documentation accuracy to ensure payment and compliance Coordinate documentation between therapists and other members of the clinical team to improve patient care Prove medical necessity and need for skilled care by practicing accurate documentation Align documentation with functional reassessment and OASIS-C requirements Prevent missed payment and denials and reduce the risk of an audit Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Welcome to the World of Home Health Chapter 2: Documentation: The "D" Word Chapter 3: Medical Necessity Chapter 4: OASIS: Impact on Therapy Practice Chapter 5: Assessments: The Foundation for Medical Necessity Chapter 6: Goals: Measurable and Meaningful Chapter 7: Planning Care: Putting the Pieces Together Chapter 8: Routine Visits: The Need for Ongoing Therapy Chapter 9: Reassessments: Home Health Requirements Chapter 10: Tips for Qualified Therapists Chapter 11: Tips for Therapist Assistants Chapter 12: Tips for Reviewers Chapter 13: The Future of Therapy in Home Health
Download or read book Home Health Nursing written by Karen E. Monks and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2002-10-22 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique, spiral-bound handbook is compact, portable, and written with busy home health nurses in mind! Organized by body system, it offers instant advice on assessment and care planning for the disorders home health nurses are likely to encounter. Providing assessment guides for all body systems, the home environment, and the client's psychological status, it includes full care plans for over 50 illnesses and conditions most commonly encountered in the home. Each plan lists nursing diagnoses, short- and long-term expected outcomes, nursing interventions, and client caregiver interventions. Care plans are organized by body systems to allow for quick retrieval of information. Both short-term and long-term outcomes are included in the care plans to aid evaluation of the care provided. Detailed assessment guidelines are provided for all body systems to facilitate complete and comprehensive client examinations. Guidelines for environmental and safety assessments aid in the appraisal and improvement of clients' living conditions. Client and caregiver interventions are outlined in the care plans to promote active client participation in self-care. The convenient pocket size makes transportation and use convenient to home health nurses. Appendices on documentation guidelines, laboratory values, medication administration, home care resources, and standard precautions provide quick access to useful home care information. Related OASIS items are identified in the assessment section, and ICD-9 diagnostic codes in the care plans section assist with proper home care documentation. Visit frequency and duration schedules are suggested within each care plan to assist nurses in evaluating and planning care. NANDA nursing diagnoses are consistent with the latest 2001-2002 nomenclature. An increase in suggested therapy referrals within the care plans and in a new appendix helps nurses identify indicators for specialized services. A fully updated Resources Appendix includes websites for easy access to home health service information.
Download or read book Clinical Documentation Strategies for Home Health written by Elizabeth I Gonzalez, RN, Bs and published by Hcpro, a Division of Simplify Compliance. This book was released on 2014-11-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clinical Documentation Strategies for Home HealthElizabeth I. Gonzalez, RN, BSN Are you looking for training assistance to help your homecare staff enhance their patient assessment documentation skills? Look no further than Clinical Documentation Strategies for Home Health. This go-to resource features home health clinical documentation strategies to help agencies provide quality patient care and easily achieve regulatory compliance by: Efficiently and effectively training staff to perform proper patient assessment documentation Helping nurses and clinicians understand the importance of accurate documentation to motivate improvement efforts Reducing reimbursement issues and liability risks to address financial and legal concerns This comprehensive resource covers everything homecare providers need to know regarding documentation best practices, including education for staff training, guidance for implementing accurate patient assessment documentation, tips to minimize legal risks, steps to develop foolproof auditing and documentation systems, and assistance with quality assurance and performance improvement (QAPI) management. Clinical Documentation Strategies for Home Health provides: Forms that break down the functions and documentation requirements of the clinical record by Conditions of Participation, Medicare, and PI activities Tips for coding OASIS Examples of legal issues such as negligence Case studies and advice for managing documentation risk (includes a checklist) Comprehensive documentation and auditing tools that can be downloaded and customized Table of Contents: Key aspects of documentation Defensive documentation: Reduce risk and culpability Contemporary nursing practice Clinical documentation Nursing negligence: Understanding your risks and culpability Improving your documentation Developing a foolproof documentation system Auditing your documentation system Telehealth and EHR in homecare Motivating yourself and others to document completely and accurately
Download or read book Guide to Clinical Documentation written by Debra Sullivan and published by F.A. Davis. This book was released on 2011-12-22 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Develop the skills you need to effectively and efficiently document patient care for children and adults in clinical and hospital settings. This handy guide uses sample notes, writing exercises, and EMR activities to make each concept crystal clear, including how to document history and physical exams and write SOAP notes and prescriptions.
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 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 The Handbook for Home Health Therapy Documentation written by Cindy Krafft and published by . This book was released on 2016-03-29 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook for Home Health Therapy Documentation Cindy Krafft, PT, MS Therapy utilization is under scrutiny by the federal government, making defensive and accurate therapy documentation crucial to home health agencies. In fact, high therapy utilization is one of six target areas for the Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report. The Handbook to Home Health Therapy Documentation, sold in convenient packs of 10, is your tool for frontline therapist education. Through clear and practical scenarios, and the know-how of expert author Cindy Krafft, PT, MS, therapists will be able to integrate complete documentation to avoid claim denial, fraud, or compliance issues. This handbook will teach you how to: Understand the theory and purpose of documentation to avoid incidents of claim denial, fraud, or noncompliance Coordinate documentation between therapists and other members of the clinical team to improve patient care Develop measurable and meaningful goals Conduct and document assessments that show medical necessity Set appropriate visit frequencies and durations Document OASIS correctly Table of Contents: The World of Home Health Documentation: The "D" Word Medical Necessity OASIS Assessments Goals Planning Care Routine Visits Reassessments
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 Complete Guide to Documentation written by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2008 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thoroughly updated for its Second Edition, this comprehensive reference provides clear, practical guidelines on documenting patient care in all nursing practice settings, the leading clinical specialties, and current documentation systems. This edition features greatly expanded coverage of computerized charting and electronic medical records (EMRs), complete guidelines for documenting JCAHO safety goals, and new information on charting pain management. Hundreds of filled-in sample forms show specific content and wording. Icons highlight tips and timesavers, critical case law and legal safeguards, and advice for special situations. Appendices include NANDA taxonomy, JCAHO documentation standards, and documenting outcomes and interventions for key nursing diagnoses.
Download or read book Documenting Medical Necessity written by Heather Calhoun and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Initial patient assessment in home health can be tricky. If documentation does not adequately provide a reason for skilled nursing care in the home, you might not get reimbursed at all. In Documenting Medical Necessity: A Practical Guide for Home Health, author Heather Calhoun, RN, BSN, HCS-D, COS-C, provides down-to- earth, conversational documentation tips with dozens of example scenarios to help nurses understand medical necessity and document in a manner that encourages proper and complete reimbursement. In addition to initial assessments for skilled services, continued skilled care must also be properly documented. This resource will help nurses provide skilled services based on critical thinking throughout the continuum of care. This book has: A grounded, conversational style that speaks directly to nurses who are responsible for the documentation Dozens of hypothetical examples that provide concrete learning opportunities Scenarios that are available electronically to provide handouts for ongoing and on-the-go learning Content that serves as a great resource for orientation and annual training
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 Patient Safety and Quality written by Ronda Hughes and published by Department of Health and Human Services. This book was released on 2008 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nurses play a vital role in improving the safety and quality of patient car -- not only in the hospital or ambulatory treatment facility, but also of community-based care and the care performed by family members. Nurses need know what proven techniques and interventions they can use to enhance patient outcomes. To address this need, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), with additional funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has prepared this comprehensive, 1,400-page, handbook for nurses on patient safety and quality -- Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. (AHRQ Publication No. 08-0043)." - online AHRQ blurb, http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk/
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.