Nursing and Rehabilitative Services
These skills include conducting treatments injections speech therapy, dental services, dietary consultation, laboratory and x-ray services, and a pharmaceutical dispensary.
Personal Care: These services include help in walking, getting in and out of bed, bathing, toileting, dressing, eating, and preparing special diets as prescribed by a physician
Residential Services: These include general supervision and a protective environment, such as room and board
Medical Care: Each patient in a nursing facility is under the care of a physician, who visits periodically and is responsible for the patient's overall plan of care. Every nursing facility has at least one physician on staff or on call to handle emergencies.
HHO Home Health agencies are organizations, which are engaged in providing services (medical and non-medical) to patients and their families in their home
HOSPICE: A program that provides special care for people who are near the end of life and for their families, either at home, in freestanding facilities.
It is a comprehensive, medically directed, team oriented program of care that seeks to treat, comfort, and counsel the terminally ill individuals and their families on pain relief and management, symptom management, and understanding that psychological and spiritual pain are as significant as physical pain.
PAYOR: A Payor is an organization that has contracted with a patient to pay for a patient’s healthcare services. Each payor has its own set of covered benefits, payment mechanism, and regulations.
HIPAA: HIPAA defines a “Business Associate” . A federal law affecting all participants in the country’s health care system, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
Specialist: A doctor who specializes in treating certain parts of the body or specific medical conditions. For example, cardiologists only treat patients with heart problems. Specialist is also called rendering doctor.
These skills include conducting treatments injections speech therapy, dental services, dietary consultation, laboratory and x-ray services, and a pharmaceutical dispensary.
Personal Care: These services include help in walking, getting in and out of bed, bathing, toileting, dressing, eating, and preparing special diets as prescribed by a physician
Residential Services: These include general supervision and a protective environment, such as room and board
Medical Care: Each patient in a nursing facility is under the care of a physician, who visits periodically and is responsible for the patient's overall plan of care. Every nursing facility has at least one physician on staff or on call to handle emergencies.
HHO Home Health agencies are organizations, which are engaged in providing services (medical and non-medical) to patients and their families in their home
HOSPICE: A program that provides special care for people who are near the end of life and for their families, either at home, in freestanding facilities.
It is a comprehensive, medically directed, team oriented program of care that seeks to treat, comfort, and counsel the terminally ill individuals and their families on pain relief and management, symptom management, and understanding that psychological and spiritual pain are as significant as physical pain.
PAYOR: A Payor is an organization that has contracted with a patient to pay for a patient’s healthcare services. Each payor has its own set of covered benefits, payment mechanism, and regulations.
HIPAA: HIPAA defines a “Business Associate” . A federal law affecting all participants in the country’s health care system, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
Specialist: A doctor who specializes in treating certain parts of the body or specific medical conditions. For example, cardiologists only treat patients with heart problems. Specialist is also called rendering doctor.
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