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Homecare: Restore or maintain patient’s optimal level of well-being in a familiar environment.
Question 2
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Home health care is the highest in total healthcare expenditures.
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All the following are patient factors in home care, except for?
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Too “sick” for self care but healthy enough to avoid institutional setting
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Assisting caregiver (child, spouse, etc.) availability
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Patient’s living environment meets care needs
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Services available in patient geography
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Financing available (such as coverage from Medicare/Medicaid)
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All are patient factors of home care
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Home care services include: Infusion therapy, home medical equipment, nursing, rehabilitation, therapy, social services, and homemaker services.
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Typical home care services include all except
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homemaker services
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wound care
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parenteral nutrition
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minor home surgery
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hospice care
Question 6
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The balanced budget act 1997 helped reduce Medicare fraud and increased prospective payments for home care.
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The HIPPA 1996 was designed for insurance reform & administrative simplification improves home care reimbursement.
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Which organization(s) is part of the regulation of home care? (check all that applies)
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Home care accreditation body includes: The Joint Commission, Accreditation Commission for Health Care, Community Health and Preventive Services Organization.
Question 10
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Hospice services cannot legally be provided in a patient's home in most states.