Home health and hospice standard of care review
A home health and hospice nurse compares what the nurses did with what the standard of care and the unit's policies required, and documents each deviation with record citations. Home and hospice cases look at visits, teaching and coordination.
What it costs
$1,250–3,600
Estimate for about 1,000 pages of records
How fast
2–3 weeks
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What the home health and hospice nurse checks
- Visit frequency against the plan of care
- Patient and caregiver teaching
- Medication reconciliation
- Escalation and coordination with physicians
What the review examines
- MDS assessments, care plans and whether the plan was followed
- Weights, intake and output, and dietitian involvement (F692)
- Change-of-condition recognition and reporting to the physician and family
- Activities of daily living documentation and its consistency
- Infection prevention and timely treatment
- Staffing levels on the shifts in question
- Survey and complaint history for the facility
Proposals come from license-verified home health and hospice nurses, with their fee and turnaround.
Post a caseRecords to request
- Complete chart including MDS assessments and care plans
- ADL flowsheets (CNA documentation)
- Weight and intake records
- Physician orders and progress notes
- Hospital transfer records
- Staffing records and payroll-based journal data
- State survey reports and plans of correction
- Discharge summary and instructions
What you get
- Each potential deviation described, with the policy or practice it departs from
- The supporting chronology entries and source pages
- Severity and open questions, clearly separated from conclusions
- Findings tracked in the case workspace and exported with the chronology
Home health and hospice consultant profiles
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Describe the case without names. License-verified nurses in the right specialty send proposals with their experience and rate. Records are shared only after you hire, in an encrypted workspace.
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