Direct care professional vs care provider

Differences between direct care professional and care provider duties and responsibilities

Direct care professional example responsibilities.

• Help each individual patient accomplish their specific ISP goals on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.
• Provide round the clock care alone with daily help of ADL's, transport consumers to and from appointments.
• Provide ongoing consultation and support to parents of students with autism and facilitate ongoing collaboration with parents and staff members.
• Provide services and supports to individuals with mental retardation and relate disabilities, head or spinal cord injuries, or autism.
• Provide caring and companionship to elderly and developmentally disable consumers and provide primary resident care and assistance with daily living activities.
• Preform necessary SCIP safety moves to prevent consumers from hurting themselves or others.
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Care provider example responsibilities.

• Manage provider network to include verifying claims and benefits for healthcare providers/members and insurance companies.
• Aid and facilitate higher functioning patients reach their fullest potential while managing behavioral episodes as needed.
• Accompany to medical appointments, administer medications, assist with ADL's, community integration, personal care, and therapeutic activities
• Review appeals for Medicare non-participating providers following CMS specific guidelines for these providers.
• Provide direct patient care to critical and non-critical emergency department patients as an experience EMT-Paramedic.
• Change tracheal tube and catheter.
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