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Postoperative Care or Post-op Care is the immediate care a patient receives after surgery throughout the inpatient( (admission) and outpatient (discharge) period if necessary. After surgery, most individuals cannot care for themselves or tend to over-exert their bodies. Therefore, a patient may require the assistance of someone else, as most
In order to be appropriate for home health or hospice services paid for by any payor, including the Medicare Program, patients must either be able to care for themselves or they must have a primary caregiver. Patients’ family members or others may be willing to fulfill this role on a
Recently, Representatives Greg Walden (R-OR) and Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) along with 21 representatives introduced legislation that would facilitate easier and timelier access to home health services under Medicare. The bill, entitled “Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2013” would allow physician assistants and nurse practitioners to prescribe home health
