Product Description: Updated to reflect the 2012 PPS Final Rule, The Beacon Guide to Medicare Service Delivery: 2012 Edition helps your staff understand how to deliver and document patient care in compliance with the Medicare rules. Newly-expanded to include care planning and navigating the CMS-485, the Beacon Guide remains the industry leader in providing complete interpretation and compliance guidelines on all PPS regulations...read more

Product Description: OVERVIEW Throughout the process of care delivery, the homecare team must actively promote and protect patient rights. Because the protection and promotion of patient rights is a regulatory requirement, surveyors pay close attention to the agency's notification of patient rights, such as notification of Medicare coverage and financial liability, notification about the plan and proposed frequency of visits, and more...read more

Product Description: OVERVIEW The home health aide can assist the homecare clinician during a medication assessment and drug regimen review. Aides interact with the patient in much different ways and oftentimes more frequently than the clinician, and as such, are in a position to influence the review by contributing observations that may impact the diagnosis...read more

Product Description: OVERVIEW Bariatric care is the branch of medicine that deals with the causes, prevention, and treatment of obesity. When caring for an obese patient, there are several factors home health aides must take into account, such as obesity-related health complications, the patient's home environment, and lifting and transferring...read more

Product Description: OVERVIEW The measurement and documentation of vital signs are essential components to each home health aide visit. Also essential is the aide's ability to distinguish between normal and abnormal vital signs. In addition, reporting abnormal vital signs is essential to the communication and coordination of care...read more

Product Description: OVERVIEW Strokes and seizures are very real concerns for home health patients. Home health aides must be aware of the causes, signs, and health risks associated with strokes and seizures This in-service provides home health aides the training to recognize the symptoms of strokes and transient ischemic attacks...read more

Product Description: OVERVIEW Arthritis is a general term in healthcare that describes the more than 100 rheumatic diseases and conditions that affect joints and the tissues that surround the joint and other connective tissue. Depending of which type of arthritis patients have, each patient could very well have different symptoms, though they generally begin with pain and tightness around the joints...read more

Product Description: OVERVIEW Your body depends on nutrients from food to give you energy and keep you healthy. The proper balance of nutrients, fiber, and fluids keeps your body working throughout your lifetime. While the elderly need fewer calories than the young, they still require the basic needs of water, fiber, and nutrients...read more

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Product Description: The Beacon Guide to Medicare Service Delivery: 2011 Edition has been updated to reflect the 2011 PPS Final Rule, the Beacon Guide will help your staff understand how to deliver and document patient care in compliance with the Medicare rules.

Product Description: This handy manual updated to reflect 2010 changes is a great resource for finding answers quickly and easily when you re stumped with a home health billing question. Spend less time looking for answers while receiving the most appropriate payment allowed...read more

Product Description: OVERVIEW Patient discharge preparation is a crucial element in completing a successful transition of care. By using their relationship with the patient to encourage adherence to the plan, home health aides play a valuable role in getting the patient ready for discharge...read more

Product Description: OVERVIEW The OASIS assessment monitors outcomes, determines reimbursement, and serves as the foundation for an agency's quality improvement system. The assessment data are collected for any patient who is receiving skilled care from a Medicare-certified home health agency and whose payer is Medicare or Medicaid...read more