Black Box of Home Care Quality: Hearing Before the Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, Second Session, July 29, 1986U.S. Government Printing Office, 1987 - 232 pages |
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... develop certification requirements for homemakers , home health aides and personal care attendants . Requires that DHHS establish guidelines and provide funding for home care quality assurance studies and demonstration projects . Amends ...
... develop certification requirements for homemakers , home health aides and personal care attendants . Requires that DHHS establish guidelines and provide funding for home care quality assurance studies and demonstration projects . Amends ...
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... develop policies and procedures to permit " deemed status " for home care providers who are licensed or certified by states or by accrediting bodies whose standards are at least equivalent to the conditions for participation under this ...
... develop policies and procedures to permit " deemed status " for home care providers who are licensed or certified by states or by accrediting bodies whose standards are at least equivalent to the conditions for participation under this ...
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... develop quality assurance methods for monitoring episodes of client illness and care within and across care settings . The Secretary shall develop client outcome criteria for use in determining quality assurance in home care . PROS and ...
... develop quality assurance methods for monitoring episodes of client illness and care within and across care settings . The Secretary shall develop client outcome criteria for use in determining quality assurance in home care . PROS and ...
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... develop ombudsman programs comparable to the provisions of Section XIII of this Act for non - elderly beneficiaries under federal , state and local assistance programs as well as those under private pay . Hot - lines a . PROS and home ...
... develop ombudsman programs comparable to the provisions of Section XIII of this Act for non - elderly beneficiaries under federal , state and local assistance programs as well as those under private pay . Hot - lines a . PROS and home ...
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... develop and evaluate outcome standards in the provision of home care services . Mechanisms for ensuring and monitoring quality by episodes of care . Mechanisms for ensuring and monitoring the quality of care provided by small agencies ...
... develop and evaluate outcome standards in the provision of home care services . Mechanisms for ensuring and monitoring quality by episodes of care . Mechanisms for ensuring and monitoring the quality of care provided by small agencies ...
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Page 114 - extended care services" means the following items and services furnished to an inpatient of an extended care facility and (except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (6) ) by such extended care facility — ( 1 ) nursing care provided by or under the supervision of a registered professional nurse; (2...
Page 119 - ... (1) secure and maintain maximum independence and dignity in a home environment for older persons capable of self-care with appropriate supportive services; and "(2) remove individual and social barriers to economic and personal independence for older persons. "DEFINITIONS "SEC. 302. For purposes of this title — "(1) The term 'social services...
Page 64 - The National Homecaring Council also developed, under contract to the US Public Health Service, a model curriculum and teaching guide for the instruction of the homemaker-home health aide in 1978.
Page 114 - Medical supplies (other than drugs and biologicals) and medical appliances. The Medicare law limits payment for home health services to those beneficiaries whose conditions are of such severity that the individuals are under the care of a physician, confined to their...
Page 20 - Mr. Chairman, I have a statement I would like to submit for the record, but I would prefer to talk off the cuff about these pertinent problems.
Page 64 - Few have paid vacations or holidays, and even fewer have paid health insurance coverage. We have not given adequate attention or recognition to the persons who provide this vital service; in fact, in many respects we have exploited them. We have sown seeds for a potential scandal. We have ignored the escalating human needs of paraprofessionals while we have continued to delegate more care to them, and to place more demands on them. In June, 1985, the Rensselaer County (New York) long-term care coordinating...
Page 158 - ... (b) Standard: Clinical record review. At least quarterly, appropriate health professionals, representing at least the scope of the program, review a sample of both active and closed clinical records to assure that established policies are followed in providing services (direct services as well as services under arrangement).
Page 64 - ... The issue of standards for paraprofessionals in home care Is not new. To deal with the problem, the National Homecaring Council has promulgated national standards for homemakerhome health aide services, and has administered an accreditation and approval program based on those standards sine* 1962.
Page 158 - If a physician refers a patient under a plan of treatment which cannot be completed until after an evaluation visit, the physician is consulted to approve additions or modifications to the original plan. Orders for therapy services include the specific procedures and modalities to be used and the amount, frequency, and duration. The therapist and other agency personnel participate in developing the plan of treatment.
Page 198 - Right of inspection.— Any duly authorized officer or employee of the department shall have the right to make such inspections and investigations as are necessary in order to determine the state of compliance with the provisions of this act and of rules or standards in force pursuant thereto The...