MANUAL OF HOME HEALTH PRACTICE provides a complete, practical guide to planning, conducting, and evaluating orientation programs for home health staff members. It includes the essential training and orientation information to meet JCAHO standards and presents useful clinical information for effective care planning, evaluation, and reimbursement. Critical information, such as Medicare standards, guidelines for the completion of the HCFA-485 form, and the updated OASIS-B form, is also presented. Managers and educators may partner this manual with the accompanying Handbook of Home Health Orientation. * Offers up-to-date, authoritative guidelines to the basics of home care that all home health staff members are expected to master in accordance with JCAHO standards. * Uses a functional design to explain the essentials of caring for a client from home care admission to discharge. * Provides suggestions for structuring the orientation program to ensure that all pertinent information is covered. * Includes agendas for a comprehensive orientation program to serve as examples for program development.

* Includes the updated OASIS-B (Outcome and Assessment Information Set) form that is hot off the presses! * Explains and provides updated Medicare standards accompanied by patient examples. * Provides position descriptions with the criteria required for each position for administrators to use or edit as needed. * Provides performance evaluations with objective weights used in evaluation to aid in accurate employee assessment. * Includes competency assessment to ensure staff members meet regulatory standards * Outlines key aspects of documentation and provides documentation tools for home care providers. * Discusses risk management and other legal issues to give user practical guidelines and complete understanding of these often tricky topics. * Includes a glossary to provide home care providers with essential terms and definitions. * Packages content in a three-ring binder so material can be adapted to meet specific agency requirements. * Offers a portable companion reference, HANDBOOK OF HOME HEALTH ORIENTATION, for use in the home setting.