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HANDBOOK OF HOME HEALTH STANDARDS
Handbook of Home Health Standards
Quality, Documentation, and Reimbursement
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Fifth Edition

By
Tina Marrelli, MSN, MA, RN, Health Care Consultant, Boca Grande, FL

Description
Handbook of Home Health Standards: Quality, Documentation, and Reimbursement includes everything the home care nurse needs to provide quality care and effectively document care based on accepted professional standards. This handbook offers detailed standards and documentation guidelines including ICD-9-CM (diagnostic) codes, OASIS considerations, service skills (including the skills of the multidisciplinary health care team), factors justifying homebound status, interdisciplinary goals and outcomes, reimbursement, and resources for practice and education. The fifth edition of this ?little red book? has been updated to include new information from the most recently revised Federal Register Final Rule and up-to-date coding. All information in this handbook has been thoroughly reviewed, revised, and updated.

Contents
Part One Home Care: A Unique Specialty

Part Two Clinical Practice in Home Care

Part Three Adult Clinical Guidelines: A Systems Approach for Assessment, Care Planning and Documentation

Part Four Hospice and Palliative Care: Clinical Guidelines for Assessment, Care Planning and Documentation

Part Five Maternal/Child Care: Clinical Guidelines for Assessment, Care Planning and Documentation

Part Six Medicare Home Care Guidelines for Coverage of Services

Part Seven NANDA-I-Approved Nursing Diagnoses

Part Eight Home Care Definitions and Abbreviations

Part Nine Guidelines for Home Medical Equipment and Supply Considerations

Part Ten Directory of Evidence-Based and Other Resources

Appendix A Home Care Orientation: Important Foundation for Success

Appendix B Sample Case-Mix Grouper Worksheet

Appendix C Non-Routine Supplies (NRS) Case-Mix Adjustment Variables and Scores

Appendix D Home Health Prospective Payment System Final Rule

Appendix E Draft of OASIS C

Bibliographic details
Spiral Bound, 688 pages, publication date: SEP-2008
ISBN-13: 978-0-323-05224-5
ISBN-10: 0-323-05224-X
Imprint: MOSBY


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Last update: 25 Nov 2009
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