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four types of home care services ANS -home medical equipment, episodic home health care, hospice
home health care, chronic home care services
HME companies provide services by ANS -technician, RT, or qualified nurse
episodic home health care is ordered for the time period ANS -immediately following the patients
hospital stay is for a finite period of time
hospice care is provided for the ANS -terminally ill and provides palliative end of life care
chronic home care services are provided on an hourly basis and involve ANS -nurses, health aides, chore
providers and companions
in the US approximately ? % of all persons over the age of 65 have at least one chronic condition ANS -
80 %
people over the age of 65, what percent have at least 2 chronic conditions ANS -50
goals of home care ANS -to achieve optimum level of patient function, educate patients and their care
givers, administer diagnostic and therapeutic modalities and services, conduct disease management,
promote health
medicare program, part A ANS -hospital insurance, covers inpatient care skilled nursing facitliy care and
and hospice care
medicare program part b ANS -supplementary medical insurance, most people have to pay a premium,
covers outpatient, tests, lab, nursing care, home health aide, speech/physical therapy
, part C medicare ANS -low cost alternative to medicare
part d medicare ANS -prescription drug coverage
HME company requirements ANS -retail license, bedding supplier, o2 manufacturer, other permits as
required by state, liability insurance, bond of at least 50,000$ to fulfill obligation to a third party
accredention two types ANS -equipment management services, clinical respiratory services
accrediation agencies ANS -joint commision, CHAP, ACHC
accreditation usually repeated every ANS -3 years
equipment management services ANS -not hands-on patient care, RT checks home med equipment,
require physicians order
clinical respiratory services ANS -performing clinical assessments and diagnostic procedures for patients
respiratory status
by virtue pf education, training, and competency testing the RT is ANS -the most competent healthcare
professional to provide home respiratory care
the patient should receive what on the initial home visit ANS -rights and responsibility document, and
copy of companies complaint form
home care RT carry a bag containing ANS -hand wash, stethoscope, blood pressure cuff, pulse oximeter,
co2 monitor, peak flow meter and other necessary implements
bag technique means ANS -keeping th ebag and its contents as clean as possible
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