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Applies to: VNSNY Certified Home Health Agency
Service: VNSNY Certified Home Health Agency
Procedure Section: Provider Service Administration
Number: CP.181
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Coordination of Confirms that critical equipment has been ordered by the referrer and provide the following information:
Equipment • The name of the company supplying the equipment
• The contact person and phone number for the company
• The date and time the equipment is expected to be delivered (must be prior to requested start day te )

Verifies with the referrer and patient/caregiver that the equipment is in the home and document in the BD
Coordination Note.

Orders non critical the equipment via Parachute application document what supplies/DME have been
ordered in the clinical comments-intake

(See List of Critical DME/Supplies)
Coordination of Verifies with referrer and patient/caregiver the availability of sufficient wound care supplies or prescription s
wound care for same to enable provision of ordered treatment on the initial visit for patients already in the community
supplies who are being referred by their physician. This verification must be documented in BD Coordination Note

Exceptions to these conditions may only be made at the discretion of the Branch Director or designee.
Coordination of Determines if patient has prescription for medication
injectable Determines if patient/family understands the cost associated with the medication
medications Determines if the a plan has been established to obtain the medication prior to initiation of homecare
services
Notifies patient and referrer that home visit will not take place until medication is obtained and in the home e

D. Initial Visit and Admission to Home Care

1. The initial home visit is made according to agency first visit policy.
2. Requests from Intake for same day visit that are made after 11AM are subject to
the same screening and evaluation criteria as all other referrals. The Intake staff
must call the appropriate branch director to alert him/her to same day visits.
3. Admission of a patient to VNSNY Home Care is contingent upon professional
nurse’s or professional rehabilitation therapist’s assessment during the initial
home visit that identifies patient’s immediate care and support needs and
determines if these needs can be met safely and adequately at home and that the
patient's condition requires the services of the agency.
4. If the patient is assessed as appropriate by clinician and for Medicare
beneficiaries meets Medicare eligibility criteria, Start of Care takes place and the
patient is admitted to Home Care.

Responsibility: Quality Management Services-Homecare
Procedure date:
Revised: 06/2015, 12/2016, 12/2017, 12/2018
Approval: Senior Vice President, Patient Care Service