Presenter:
Karen Vance, BSOT
Credit: .1 AOTA CEU, 1 Contact Hour, 1.25 NBCOT PDU’s
Description:
As of January 2022, Occupational Therapists can complete a home health start of care for clients receiving home health services. This course will provide you with important information that you will need as you begin to open home health cases within a home health agency system. The role of OT is changing and along with it is the need for OT practitioners to recognize their value and enter into important conversations to ensure that you are able to practice at the top of your license.
Topics covered include: 'delivering value' to all stakeholders including patients and home health care agencies; strategies to advocate for OT from a value perspective and strategies to negotiate agency expectations of OT.
This is the seventh and final course in the “Performing a Home Health Start of Care” series. Individuals completing the series in addition to three ‘Essentials’ courses are eligible to receive the AOTA Performing a Home Health Start of Care micro credential and digital badge. Please see the Performing a Home Health Start of Care digital badge page for more information about requirements for obtaining the micro credentials.
Learning objectives:
Following completion of this course, the learner will:
- Describe what "delivering value" means to the key stakeholders in home health care.?
- Describe how OT involvement at Start of Care can deliver value to home health stakeholders.?
- Identify strategies to advocate for OT in home health from a value perspective.?
- Identify strategies to negotiate agency expectations of OT
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