Handbook of Home Health Care Administration

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ISBN: 9780834209183 | 0834209187
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 2/1/1997

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Abington Memorial Hospital, Willow Grove, PA. Brandon Hill nursing selection. Overview of the administration home health and hospice services. Addresses standards, clinical issues, and quality assurance. 98 U.S. contributors. Previous edition: c1994. DNLM: Home Care Services--organization & administration.

List of Contributors
Foreword
Introduction
Home Health Administration: An Overview	p. 3
The Home Health Agency	p. 14
Medicare Conditions of Participation	p. 23
The Joint Commission's Home Care Accreditation Programs	p. 56
Accreditation: Standards of Excellence for Home Care and Community Health Organizations	p. 65
Accreditation by the National HomeCaring Council	p. 77
Certificate of Need and Licensure	p. 81
Professional Standards and Credentialing	p. 90
The Relationship of the Home Health Agency to the State Trade Association	p. 99
The National Association for Home Care	p. 103
Self-Care Systems in Home Health Care Nursing	p. 113
Home Health Care Documentation and Record Keeping	p. 117
A Patient Classification Outcome Criteria System	p. 143
Classifying Patients Using a Nursing Diagnosis Taxonomy	p. 154
Caseload and Workload Analysis in Home Health Care	p. 165
The Home Health Care Classification of Nursing: Diagnoses and Interventions	p. 175
Nursing Diagnoses in Community Health Nursing	p. 184
Maternal Child Health Program	p. 196
High-Technology Home Care Services	p. 204
Discharge of a Ventilator-Dependent Child from the Hospital to Home	p. 224
Continuous Quality Improvement	p. 235
Quality Assessment/Improvement: An Administrator's Viewpoint	p. 245
Program Evaluation	p. 269
Clinical and Financial Outcomes of Patient Care	p. 289
Critical Pathways	p. 309
Administrative Policy and Procedure Manual	p. 323
Discharge Planning	p. 326
Referral Sources in Home Health Care	p. 341
Administrative Priorities: Decisions and Strategies That Attract and Retain Quality Staff	p. 349
Flextime Scheduling	p. 356
Evaluating Productivity	p. 363
Labor-Management Relations	p. 375
Personnel Management	p. 386
Staff Development in a Home Health Agency	p. 401
Case Management	p. 411
Community-Based Long-Term Care: Preparing for a New Role	p. 416
Insurance and Pension Plans	p. 425
Budgeting for Home Health Services	p. 438
Reimbursement	p. 450
How To Read, Interpret, and Understand Financial Statements	p. 467
Management Information Systems	p. 475
An Overview of One Home Health System	p. 489
Legal Issues of Concern to Home Care Providers	p. 509
Ethical Issues	p. 520
Understanding the Political Process	p. 532
Strategic Planning	p. 541
Marketing: An Overview	p. 553
Corporate Reorganization	p. 560
An Experience in Diversification	p. 563
The Process of Visiting Nurse Association Affiliation with a Major Teaching Hospital	p. 570
Grantsmanship in Home Health	p. 585
Home Care Volunteer Program	p. 591
The Peer Review Organization	p. 609
The Manager As Published Author: Tips on Writing for Publication	p. 616
Student Placements in Home Health Care Agencies: Boost or Barrier to Quality Patient Care?	p. 629
A Student Program in One Home Health Agency	p. 636
The Role of the Physician in Home Care	p. 644
The Physician Connection	p. 651
The Role of the Medicare Fiscal Intermediary and the Regional Home Health Intermediary	p. 654
The Appeal Process: Reopenings, Reconsiderations, Administrative Law Judge Hearings, and the Appeals Council	p. 669
Nursing Research in Home Health Agencies	p. 684
Hospice Care	p. 688
The Power of Caring: Management by Values	p. 697
Surviving the Present and Thriving in the Future: A Personal Viewpoint	p. 703
Appendix A - Abbreviations	p. 709
Appendix B - "Managed Competition 101" Syllabus	p. 711
Appendix C - Home Health Agency Reorganization Checklist	p. 715
Index	p. 719
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