Home Health Design : A Proactive Approach to Managed Care

Home Care Redesign introduces home health providers to integrated care delivery systems and shows how to capture and control costs and outcomes, how to deal with staffing issues, and how to gain accreditation from all relevant organizations, including the National Council for Quality Assurance. Changes in documentation, information management, and marketing and billing are addressed. Implementation issues, maintaining the restructured organization, and quality assessment and improvement strategies such as benchmarking are covered. An abundance of practical tools, such as tracking tools, orientation outlines, job descriptions, and examples of documentation and competency assessment and performance tools support the text.

Deborah Anne Ondeck, MS, RN, CHCE, CPHQ is an experienced healthcare consultant, educator, and accreditation surveyor. She is Vice President with Advantage HCMR Consultants Inc. She combines her multi-faceted home care experience with her in-depth knowledge of the HCFA regulations and accreditation standards to create both practical and useful approaches to day to day operations. She has authored or co-authored over 10 books and numerous articles. Ms. Ondeck s varied home care background coupled with her understanding of regulations provides her with the expertise and practicality needed to meet the needs of home care organizations.

Gingerich is President/Consultant of ADVANTAGE HCMR/Consultants Inc. York, Pennsylvania.

Deborah Anne Ondeck, MS, RN, CHCE, CPHQ is an experienced healthcare consultant, educator, and accreditation surveyor. She is Vice President with Advantage HCMR Consultants Inc. She combines her multi-faceted home care experience with her in-depth knowledge of the HCFA regulations and accreditation standards to create both practical and useful approaches to day to day operations. She has authored or co-authored over 10 books and numerous articles. Ms. Ondeck s varied home care background coupled with her understanding of regulations provides her with the expertise and practicality needed to meet the needs of home care organizations.