title: The impact of one federal regulation on productivity in a home health agency.
abstract: One major factor with potential impact on improved staff productivity was the introduction of Medicare's Physician's Plan of Treatment forms 485, 486, and 487 in September 1985 and the revised forms in the spring of 1988. To assess the impact of these forms on the AV/D, statistics were compared over a period of time. Data support the general impression that there was a drop in visits per day and an increase in office time with the introduction of the new forms.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Harris
mesh_terms: D004282:Documentation; D004526:Efficiency; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare