Week 6 Flashcards
Healthcare services delivered in home
Home Health
Where are patients normally coming from prior to receiving home health services?
Just coming out of hospital or referred by healthcare provider
Who has access to home healthcare?
For Medicare:
-Under care of doctor
-Intermittent skilled care (nursing, PT, OT, SLP)
-Homebound: can’t leave without help or leaving isn’t indicated due to medical condition
Also covered under Medi-Cal and private insurance
T/F: To access home health under medicare, an individual must be under the care of a doctor, receiving skilled care services, or is homebound
False! To access home health, pt must be under the care of a doctor, receiving skilled care services, AND homebound
Federal primary medical coverage provider for many persons aged 65 and older and for those with a disability
Medicare
Joint federal and state program that helps low-income individuals and families pay for the costs associated with medical and long-term custodial care
Medicaid.
T/F: Unlike Medicare, which is available to everyone, Medicaid has strict eligibility requirements
True. Requirements vary by state
What is the most common form of funding for home health care?
Medicare
Highest paying setting for OTs
Home health. Pay per visit is highly competative
The following are all roles for OTs in which setting?
- Ability to perform daily activities (shower, cook, walk)
- Home safety assessment and falls risk (modifications?)
- Reduce risk for additional injury or decline
- Management of chronic health conditions (medication, diabetes, heart failure, COPD, cognitive conditions, behavioral health)
- Educate family members
Home health
What are possible emerging areas for home health?
- Discharge from hospital: can send pt home with home health care. Much cheaper!
- Home health is in high demand!
Medicare and Medicaid program that helps people meet their health care needs in the community instead of going to a nursing home or other care facility
Programs of All-Inclusive Care for Elderly (PACE)
What are the 3 facets of the PACE program?
- In home services: Includes caregivers, meals, all inclusive care, DME, transportation, primary care needs, social work
- Community: Remain in community rather than nursing home. Caregiver comes out to home assessments, specialist appointments
- PACE center-receive skills services
Who is part of the interdisciplinary team in PACE ?
- PCP (Primary Care Provider)
- RN
- MSW (social worker)
- PT
- OT
- Reaction Therapist/Activity Coordinator
- Dietitian
- PACE center manager
- Home Care Coordinator
- Personal Care Attendant
- Driver
Who has access to PACE?
- 55 or older
- Live in service area of PACE program
- Certified as needing nursing home-level care
- Be able to live safely in community with PACE services
Purpose of this program is to keep people out of nursing homes because it is $$
PACE
The following are all roles of OTs in what setting
- Perform assessments
- Home visits and home safety assessments
- Evaluate need for DME
- Skilled treatment
- Supervise maintenance exercises and groups
- Report progress, problems, and recommendations to IDT
- Caregiver education
PACE
What is the funding source of PACE?
- Medicare and Medical, usually low income
- Also private pay
Program in CA that offers free or low-cost health coverage for children and adults with limited income and resources
Medi-Cal
Community-based program serving older adults and adults with chronic conditions and disabilities that might otherwise require a high level of care
Adult Day Health Care (ADHC)
Program which does not provide home and community services, but monitors pt while he/she is in the program
Adult Day Health Care (ADHC)
Goals of Adult Day Health Care (ADHC)
- Restore or maintain optimal capacity for self-care to frail elderly persons or people with disabilities-keep independent for as long as possible!
- Delay or prevent stay at institution, keep them living in the community with needed services
- Provide relief to caregivers
In this program, individuals receive educational and recreational services e.g., stroke classes and receive services for management of conditions rather than specialized care
ADHC
How is ADHC funded?
Provided via MediCal or private pay
Offers persons 60 years of age or older a long term continuing care contract that provides for independent living units, residential care/assisted living services, and skilled nursing care, usually in one location, and usually for a resident’s lifetime
Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC). Everything you need in one community!
What is the biggest obstacle for entering a CCRC (continuing care retirement community) ?
Money! Most CCRCs require a substantial entrance fee (e.g., from a low of $100,000 to over a million) to be paid by the applicant upon admission along with monthly fees.
Model or philosophy of primary care that is patient-centered, comprehensive, team-based, coordinated, accessible, and focused on quality and safety
Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH). Patient treatment is coordinated through their primary care physician to ensure they receive the necessary care when and where they need it, in a manner they can understand.
The objective of this model is to have a centralized setting that facilitates partnerships between individual patients, and their personal physicians, and when appropriate, the patient’s family. Link patients to the services they need!
Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH). Social work, mental health, physicians all under one roof!
Who is eligible for Medicare?
-65+ years or with disability
Where does funding come from for Medicare?
Federally run. Funding comes from younger individuals’ income tax
Setting where someone may receive Medicare services under Part A:
- Inpatient Hospital
- SNF Rehab
- Skilled is medically necessary, not custodial (bathing, toileting, ADLs)
- Hospice
- Home Health with skilled services
Under part ____ Medicare services, individuals are eligible to receive skilled medically necessary services in inpatient hospital, SNF, or home health
Part A of Medicare. May also receive hospice care.
How long does coverage last for an individual receiving Part A Medicare services?
Benefits start when individual first enters hospital and ends when there has been a break of 60 consecutive days since inpatient hospital or skilled nursing care was provided (coverage resets after 60 days)
T/F: Under Part A of Medicare services, an individual who is eligible may only receive services twice in one year
False. there is no limit to the number of benefit periods
Under part _____ Medicare services, eligible individual receives outpatient and supplemental services
Part B
Benefits to Part B Medicare include all except which of the following?
A. Out-patient MD B. Yearly wellness visits C. Therapy (PT/OT, etc) D. Inpatient services E. DME F. ED (educational services) G. HHS (Human health services) H. Labs I. Ambulence J. Ambulatory Surgical centers K. Supplies and screening
D. Inpatient services fall under part A of Medicare
T/F: If you receive Medicare part A services, you also must get part B services.
False. If you get part A services, you don’t need part B, but you can pay extra for them.
What is Medicare Part C?
Medicare-approved private health insurance plans for individuals enrolled in Part A and Part B. Includes HMOs and PPOs
Under which part of Medicare does private insurance that covers all Medicare services fall under?
Part C. May also offer extra coverage
Why might someone opt to receive Part C Medicare serviccs in addition to Part A and Part B?
If part A and part B don’t provide all the services they need e.g., vision or dental. It is optional