Home Health Assessment Criteria: 75 Checklists for Skilled Nursing Documentation

Initial assessments can be tricky without proper documentation, home health providers could lose earned income or experience payment delays, and publicly reported quality outcomes affected by poor assessment documentation could negatively impact an agency's reputation.

Ensure that no condition or symptom is overlooked and documentation is as accurate as possible with Home Health Assessment Criteria: 75 Checklists for Skilled Nursing Documentation. This indispensable resource provides the ultimate blueprint for accurately assessing patients' symptoms and conditions to ensure regulatory compliance and proper payment. It will help agencies deliver more accurate assessments and thorough documentation, create better care plans and improve patient outcomes, prepare for surveys, and ensure accurate OASIS reporting.

All of the book's 75-plus checklists are also available electronically with purchase, facilitating agency-wide use and letting home health clinicians and field staff easily access content no matter where they are.

This book will help homecare professionals:

- Easily refer to checklists, organized by condition, to properly assess a new patient
- Download and integrate checklists for use in any agency s system
- Obtain helpful guidance on assessment documentation as it relates to regulatory compliance
- Appropriately collect data for coding and establish assessment skill proficiency

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section 1: Assessment Documentation Guidelines
Section 2: General Assessment Documentation
Section 3: Neurological Assessment Documentation
Section 4: Respiratory Assessment Documentation
Section 5: Cardiovascular Assessment Documentation
Section 6: Gastrointestinal Assessment Documentation
Section 7: Genitourinary Assessment Documentation
Section 8: Integumentary Assessment Documentation
Section 9: Musculoskeletal Assessment Documentation
Section 10: Endocrine Assessment Documentation
Section 11: Eyes, Ears, Nose, Throat Assessment Documentation
Section 12: Hematologic Assessment Documentation
Section 13: Nutritional Assessment Documentation
Section 14: Psychosocial Assessment Documentation
Section 15: Infusion Assessment Documentation