Hello Jimmie: Every time I've approached a home health agency, they insist on contracting with me as an individual provider, not my company. In some ways, HH is a competitor so I don't blame them for not wanting to contract with my company.
Every nursing home I've approached already has a complement of OT/PT/SLP services. I've yet to find one that is willing to hire an "outside" OT. I'm not trying to be overly negative about your ideas; I'm just sharing my experience/perceptions. Thanks, Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Arceneaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 To: OTlist@OTnow.com <OTlist@OTnow.com> Subj: [OTlist] Another Question <cut> JA> In regards to your question about ways to rejuvinate your JA> business: Have you tried contracting with home health agencies to JA> provide OT services for them? Key points to discuss witth them: JA> Have a thorough knowledge of the payment structure of home care. JA> Let them know how aware you are of the benefits a home health JA> agency receives from competent OT care. Specifically address how JA> OT services can help them to meet the obligations of M0825. This JA> is the OASIS question that asks if a patient will meet a high JA> therapy utilization or not. It is a major add on to the home care JA> agencies bottom line if therapy is indicated at a high utilization JA> rate. Let them know how you can help to reduce costs i.e. JA> decreasing home care aide visits by making patients more JA> independent or by reducing twice a day nursing visits for a JA> diabetic that can't self medicate. JA> Another idea might be to provide services to nursing homes JA> that are having difficulty with behavioral management issues on JA> their dementia units. That is an avenue that I am exploring right JA> now. It seems that most OTs working in nursing homes are not JA> strong at providing interventions for dementia patients. Nursing JA> homes, even ones contracted with contracted therapy agencies, in JA> my area are requesting training and services to assist them in JA> handling behavioral management issues. JA> Jimmie JA> Jimmie earlier posted a question from the website: JA> http://welcome.to/occupationaltherapy.com JA> Here's another interesting question and partial answer from the site: JA> ======================================== question>> When a patient is recovering from an injury, what does he question>> want to do? answer>>> He wants to go back to doing the activities and occupations answer>>> that made his life enjoyable. JA> ======================================== JA> Is this true? Not in my experience! What I've found is that when a JA> person is is actively recovering from their injury, that's IS what JA> they want to do. They want to recover! In other words, the person JA> wants their pain to decrease, or their body to work better -- that's JA> what they want to get better. JA> In my opinion, a person with an injury is primarily focusing on just JA> that, the injury (or illness). Not that people don't think about JA> getting back to their "activities and occupations", but in my JA> experience most people see lost "activities and occupations" as a JA> by-product of their injury or illness, not as the problem(s) to be JA> addressed. JA> I know that as a profession, we want to believe that people recovering JA> from injury want to get back to doing their "activities and JA> occupations" but I just don't think that is the way in which our JA> patients generally think. At least not in my experience. If it was the JA> way people think, our profession would be flourishing, both internally JA> and externally. JA> Ron JA> -- JA> Options? JA> www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com JA> Archive? JA> www.mail-archive.com/otlist@otnow.com JA> ************************************************************************************** JA> Enroll in Boston University's post-professional Master of JA> Science for OTs Online. Gain the skills and credentials to propel JA> your career. JA> www.otdegree.com/otn JA> ************************************************************************************** JA> --------------------------------- JA> Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US JA> (and 30+ countries) for 2ยข/min or less. -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/otlist@otnow.com ************************************************************************************** Enroll in Boston University's post-professional Master of Science for OTs Online. Gain the skills and credentials to propel your career. www.otdegree.com/otn **************************************************************************************
