Visiting nurse vs health services administrator

Differences between visiting nurse and health services administrator duties and responsibilities

Visiting nurse example responsibilities.

• Provide care and manage gastrostomy, colostomy, and tracheostomy.
• Consult and teach HHA the best ways of achieving goals direct to improvement of functional status of patient and safety.
• Assist with obtaining proper DME and permanent services which permit patients to safely manage their medical treatment from their own home.
• Case management of Medicare and manage care patients, including coordination of services, obtaining insurance authorization, interdisciplinary communication.
• Complete CPI training to physically restrain patients.
• Assess clients for eligibility for preventive TB therapy and administer tuberculosis medication.
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Health services administrator example responsibilities.

• Lead and train staff through initial certification of Medicare and Medicaid programs resulting in increase revenues and cash flows.
• Lead transformation form top-down control organization to a model focuse on everyone's accountability to patients and co-workers.
• Evaluate compliance with state licensing and federal certification requirements of Medicare and Medi-Cal programs.
• Maintain all hospital functions within JCAHO, Medicare and Medicaid standards.
• Prepare hospital for JCAHO and implement plan to assure ongoing compliance with regulatory agencies.
• Develop curriculum for health and fitness programs and begin developing the health manual for the ministry.
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