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In 2001, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services changed its definition of homebound to allow Medicare home health patients to attend adult day care without jeopardizing the patients home health coverage. Sylvia Nissenboim, director of adult care and enrichment programs at the St. Louis Red Cross and president of the Missouri Adult Day Care Association, thought she would see more referrals between her adult day program and local home health agencies, but nothing happened. After surveying home health agencies, she discovered a need for education of both industries.
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This is the second of a two-part series that looks at home health aide retention issues such as training, supervision, and benefits. This month, innovative programs that enhance aide education and tips on improving retention are described.
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The Home Health Compare web site, sponsored by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid, makes home health quality measures available to consumers to help them choose a home health agency. Home Health Quality Measures currently are available for home health agencies in eight states.
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There is no such thing as a crystal ball that will tell you which employees will be with you after a year, but there are ways a manager can tell if an employee is likely to stay with you, says Patricia Jump, RN, president of Acorns End Training and Consulting in Stewartsville, MN.
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Staff members frequently do the right thing in the course of patient care, but fail to document the quality of care that was rendered to patients. Then, when care is questioned, practitioners are in a much more vulnerable position than they would have been in if the treatment was properly documented.
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Providers gear up for new HIPAA regulations; JCAHO revises areas for random surveys in 2004; Free HIV information available for patients
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Reports of a surgeon inserting a screwdriver in a patients spine and another whose license was revoked after his state board for professional medical conduct said his continued practice would put patients in imminent danger have made outpatient surgery managers sit up and pay new attention to credentialing.
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Now is a good time to do a reality check and refocus on the priorities in your surgical department.
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The culture of safety that is promoted throughout the same-day surgery program as well as other departments at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, VA, is most evident in the monthly environment-of-care rounds.
