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Home health aides: Their role in OASIS-C best practices, Part II
Pain Aides can check the care plan for any specific pain management instructions. Other assistance an aide can provide includes: Helping the patient with good body positioning. Make certain that positions relieve pressure and rest the area where pain is located. Pacing and planning the activities the patient needs to complete. The aide may need [...]
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WOCN Definitions
Mon, Jan 3, 2011
Note these definitions for the status of an observable pressure or stasis ulcer from The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN). Newly epithelialized Wound bed completely covered with new epithelium No exudate No avascular tissue (eschar and/or slough) No signs or symptoms of infection Fully granulating Wound bed filled with granulation tissue to the [...]
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Compliance Conundrum?
Thu, Dec 23, 2010
Beacon Health needs your help! Please let us know if you would be interested in speaking with us about this great opportunity. Do you have a compliance issue at your agency that needs to be solved? Let us help you solve it. Beacon Health’s newsletter, Homecare Administrator, is looking for someone with a troubling compliance [...]
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Authors, Contributors Needed!
Fri, Dec 17, 2010
Beacon Health needs your help! Please let us know if you would be interested in speaking with us about these great opportunities. We are looking for an author to write our 2011 book on Reducing Rehospitalizations in Home Care. This book will assist home care leaders and staff in assessing and treating patients to reduce [...]
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Can you give me some guidance as to the role of the PAC in dealing with the best practices in OASIS-C?
Tue, Oct 5, 2010
Q:Can you give me some guidance as to the role of the PAC in dealing with the best practices in OASIS-C? A:Best practices blend policy and procedure together into a protocol to guide care delivery. The language in the Conditions of Participation, §§484.16 and 484.52, describes the functions of the professional advisory committee (PAC). This [...]
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The first step to compliance
Wed, Sep 29, 2010
The first step of compliance, and avoiding audits or denials, is ensuring a complete understanding of the eligibility and coverage criteria of the home health benefit. These rules and regulations are found in a variety of sources. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Home Health Agency Center (www.cms.gov/center/hha.asp) provides a user-friendly venue to [...]
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