Updated Articles

  1. 01 Pathways & New Order

    Purpose: To guide therapists on how to customize the ORDER/GOALS for selected PATHWAYS and enter what is required. Question Intent: Patient specific orders and goals are required to provide therapy services. They must include the requir...
  2. 01 Therapy Goals/Status

    Purpose:  To guide therapists on the use of Therapy Goals/Status to objectively track goal progress throughout the patient's home health episode. Question Intent :   The Therapy Goals/Status section is intended to track the objective prog...
  3. 01 Interventions/Goals

    Purpose:  To guide therapists on what to document in the Interventions/Goals section of an Evaluation visit. Question Intent:  The Interventions/Goals section is intended to document the skilled interventions, techniques, strategies, and ...
  4. 01 Functional Tests and Measures

    Purpose:  To guide therapists on the use of the FUNCTIONAL TESTS AND MEASURES section of the Physical Assessment to objectively track progress throughout the patient's home health episode. Question Intent :   The FUNCTIONAL TESTS AND MEAS...
  5. 01 Therapy Prior Level Of Function

    Purpose:  To guide therapists on what to document in the Prior Level of Function (PLOF) section in HCHB. This is to ensure that PLOF documentation supports and relates to goal development for a restorative or maintenance patient. Question...
  6. Addressing Intervention Details for Comorbidities

    Purpose:  Co-Morbidities will be assessed at each subsequent visit after the initial evaluation visit. The primary intent of this pathway is to make sure clinicians are addressing any potential condition that may result in a patient’s hospit...
  7. HCHB Non Present Discipline Discharge

    Purpose: Guide clinicians on what to complete in Point Care when a discipline is ending, Clinician is unable to physically perform the skilled visit, and client continues to have other services ordered.  Regulation: G460,  G462, G434, G572 Pol...
  8. Therapy Lymphedema and Maintenance Service Codes

    Purpose:   Lymphedema care is a clinical specialty requiring a higher level of education and technical skill versus routine therapy services therefore needs to be designated as such. Maintenance therapy is a unique service different from that...
  9. Therapy Coordination Notes

    Coordination Notes   Coordination Notes are utilized to coordinate care amongst the inter-disciplinary team and are stored within a patient’s Medical Record. Notes can be entered via the Pointcare application by all direct care staff (SN, P...
  10. Therapy Scheduling Guidance

    Aveanna Therapy Scheduling Guidance   Purpose:  To instruct on patient scheduling and actions on the Rolling Calendar within the Pointcare application to ensure efficient scheduling for Clinicians and timely delivery of services for our ...