Hospital Home Health articles from December 2006

Hospital Home Health archives from December 2006

Knowledge of costs and group effort result in beneficial contracts.
December 1, 2006... Knowledge of costs and group effort result in beneficial contracts Managed care negotiations require attention to detail and requirements (Editor's note: This is the second of a two-part series that looks at the financial challenges to...

Common pitfalls for managed care contracts.
December 1, 2006... Common pitfalls for managed care contracts Although contract negotiations differ from agency to agency and from one managed care organization to another, there are some very common "gotchas" for which agency managers need to look, warns...

LegalEase: Independent contractors: What are you liable for?
December 1, 2006... Independent contractors: What are you liable for? Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq., Burtonsville, MD Historically, courts generally have concluded that providers are liable for the actions of their employees but not for the actions of...

Pulling supplemental oxygen creates struggle.
December 1, 2006... Pulling supplemental oxygen creates struggle Guide addresses how to respond to patient request The right of competent, informed patients to reject lifesaving therapies has been affirmed by courts at every level, but a group of...

Documentation confirms educational needs met.
December 1, 2006... Documentation confirms educational needs met Communicate what was taught Similar to teaching, documentation must meet the needs of a patient. While some documentation is better than no documentation, more detail benefits the patient...

News Brief.(supply of wheel chairs)
December 1, 2006... Study projects exodus of wheelchair suppliers A study by the American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) concludes that cuts to the Medicare power mobility benefit will have a devastating impact on both the industry and beneficiaries who...

CNE Objectives/Questions.
December 1, 2006... CNE Objectives After reading each issue of Hospital Home Health, the reader will be able to do the following: 1. Identify particular clinical, ethical, legal, or social issues pertinent to home health care. 2. Describe how those...

Palliative care project providing hospice care to all.
December 1, 2006... Palliative care project providing hospice care to all Studies, conferences, guidelines result from work What does it take to make progress in improving end-of-life care for people impacted by chronic diseases? The answer: a little seed...