Thriving and surviving in home care and skilled nursing facilities under the balanced budget act of 1997

Wound Management in Home Care: Optimizing Outcomes with APRNs

“…Also, it is important to know the particular agency the client is working with. Increasingly, home health agencies are creating a formulary of supplies available, and they ask the specialist to avoid ordering products outside of those in the formulary (Motta, 2000;Turnbull, 2000a). This allows the agency to get better pricing on prod-ucts but can occasionally be difficult to work within.…”

“…But it does mean that realistically, it would be naive not to think of the financial impact of the treatment decisions. If resources are not used wisely, then it is possible that the agency will not be able to treat the next client who needs and deserves care (Eager et al, 2000;Turnbull, 2000a).…”