Overseeing the Care in a Nursing Home When You Can’t Enter the Building
Advocating for our clients in nursing homes during this pandemic has been uniquely difficult! What tools do we still have to help people watch over the delivery of care to their loved ones? Many rights are guaranteed, and right now much creativity is needed to protect those rights. You can still set up care plan conferences with the treatment team...
What are HIPPA forms and why do you need them?
What is known as “HIPPA” was enacted by Congress as the Health Insurance Protection and Portability Act of 1996. 42 USC 1320d-6. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/1320d-6 It is designed to protect the confidentialiy of a patient’s medical information. The extensive federal regulations are found at 42 USC part 160....