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What are the three skilled services in home health care?
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* Nursing
* Physical Therapy * Speech Therapy |
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What does a home health aide do in home health care?
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render personal care, bathing; helping to ambulate
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What is skilled nursing in Home Health Care?
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Wound care, IV or IM medications, IV treatment
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What is a Enterostomal services in Home health care?
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a nurse that deals with wounds, or stomas for the patient
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What is continuing care?
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Provides care to the disabled, terminally ill, and functionally dependent
*Institutional settings *Communities *Home |
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What is respite care?
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short term relief care to give the person time off to help relieve stress and reduce the risk of abuse (adult day care)
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What is Hospice care?
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End of life care; focuses on symptom management and patient comfort (available 24/7)
* Can occur in patients' homes or in health care facilities |
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When was DSHS established?
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1980; administered by CMS
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What is Prospective Payment System?
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hospital fees are determined before service, which is a fixed fee, helps decrease health care cost; established in 1983.
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How is a person able to get hospice care?
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Must have a terminal illness by diagnosis with less than 6 month to live; patient and physician must sign.
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How many days of Hospice care does Medicare pay?
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230 days
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What is Diagnosis-related groups?
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Hospitals were paid fees based on diagnosis, (amount of money and days expected to be in hospital) caused hospitals to discharge patients early to be able to make more money; created 1983.
* if patient gets better fast hospital gets more money * if patient gets sicker at the hospital; losses money |
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What does it mean by professional standards views?
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Quantity and quality of hospital care
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What is Capitation?
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designed to control cost; providers get paid a certain amount based on deductibles
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What are Homemaker Services in Home Health Care?
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a person who does the house cleaning, cooking, cleaning, picking up medication for a person in their home
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What is Medicare?
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Federally sponsored healthcare for 65 and older, regardless on health status or people under 65 that have permanent kidney damage or qualify for Social Security Disability Benefits.
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How many days does Medicare cover?
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stay in hospital then covers 100 days in long term care
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What does Medicare Part A cover?
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Covers inpatient hospital care
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What does Medicare Part B cover?
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covers physician services, outpatient care and diagnostic tests
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What does Medicare Part C cover?
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Medicare Advantage Plan offered by private insurance companies
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What does Medicare Part D cover?
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provides prescription drug coverage
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What are four alternatives that an uninsured patient can used to pay for health care?
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* Medicaid (if they qualify)
* Private pay (if they can afford it) * Charity care (if they can find it) * Face medical bankruptcy |
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In what year was Medicare added to the Social Security Act?
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1965
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What are the three ways to look at change?
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Victim, Survivor, Navigator
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Personal Plan for Change for LPN
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* Be self directed, motivated and a problem solver
* Identify what needs to be done and do it * Respond flexibly to changes that are presented * Identify tasks and protocols that could be done more efficiently *Be a role model for LPNs. |