Handbook of Home Health Standards – Revised Reprint: Quality, Documentation, and Reimbursement

Feature: Offers easy-to-access and easy-to-read format Benefit: Guides users step by step through important home care standards and documentation guidelines Feature: Provides practical tips for effective documentation of diagnoses/clinical conditions commonly treated in the home Benefit: Ensures appropriate reimbursement from third party payors. Feature: Lists ICD-9-CM diagnostic codes in each body system section along with a complete alphabetical list of all codes included in the book in an appendix. Benefit: Assists in completing CMS billing forms. Feature: Incorporates hospice care and documentation standards Benefit: Providers can create effective hospice documentation. Feature: Provides guidelines based on the most current approved standards of care. Benefit: Ensures the provision of quality care Feature: Includes the most current NANDA-approved nursing diagnoses Benefit: Providers have the most accurate and up-to-date information at their fingertips. Feature: Identifies skilled services. Benefit: Includes services appropriate for the multidisciplinary team to perform. Feature: Offers discharge planning solutions to address specific concerns Benefit: Providers can easily identify the plan of discharge that most effectively meets the patients needs. Feature: Lists the crucial parts of all standards that specific members of the multidisciplinary team (e.g. the nurse social worker) must uphold Benefit: Allows the multidisciplinary team to work effectively together to achieve optimum patient outcomes. Feature: Includes updated resources for care and practice Benefit: Directs providers to useful sources to improve patient care and/or enhance their professional practice. Feature: Each set of guidelines includes patient family and caregiver education Benefit: Health care providers can supply clients with necessary information for specific problems or concerns. Feature: Communication tips identify quantifiable data Benefit: Assists in providing insurance case managers with information on which to make effective patient care decisions. Feature: Several useful sections: medicare guidelines; home care definitions roles and abbreviations; NANDA-approved nursing diagnoses; guidelines for home medial equipment and supplies. Benefit: Ensures the most thorough and complete reference for home health care. Feature: Small trim size and spiral binding Benefit: Convenient for portability and easy access to content. Feature: Includes the most current OASIS C Assessment and Consideration codes and data elements. Benefit: Ensures complete accurate and timely completion of documentation for effective reimbursement. Feature: Up-to-date forms and templates Benefit: Illustrate accurate completion of the Point of Care (POC) and Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS-C) Feature: Updated terminology definitions and references Benefit: Reflects the current terminology and definitions and most recent resources useful to clinicians and managers in home care.