MediCARE home health agencies REQUIRE an RN do cath changes. No idea how they're gettin' away with sending an LPN. BUT THE LAW IS ON THE AGENCY'S SIDE. I know cuz I've been doing this since 1996. There IS the homebound requirement which is stoooooopid and ADAPT and NUMEROUS advocacy groups have been fighting to eliminate this rule *for 8 years w/o success.*
Nuthin ever changes. Like we need nurses & aidees to get us up & around to stare at 4 walls 24/7? Ridiculous but it's the fukin law that never changes. Oh... you CAN go out to get a haircut, go to a Dr appnt and go to church. Woweeeee! Praise Jesus y'all! Halleluja! Lori C4/5 28 yrs post On Feb 9, 2008 1:10 PM, NICHOLE ROHLING <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > HAVE ANY OF YOU APPEALLED A DECISION BECAUSE YOUR HOME HEALTH AGENCY > DROPPED YOU BECAUSE THEY SAY YOU'RE NO LONGER HOMEBOUND? > > I HAVE AN LPN COME 1 TIME EVERY 3 WEEKS FOR CATH CHANGE BUT THE RN THAT > CAME TO RECERT ME SAID I WASN'T HOMEBOUND BECAUSE I CAN DRIVE NOW. > > IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE TAXING EFFORT IT TAKES FOR ME TO GET UP WHICH MY > AID IS PAID BY THE STATE I'D BE IN BED. > > ANY ADVICE? > > NICKI C5 > > ------------------------------ > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it > now.<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51733/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ> > > -- Lori C4/5 complete quad, 27 years post Tucson, AZ
