title: Life without the venipuncture benefit: one agency's experience.
abstract: The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 included legislation that profoundly affected many residents of the community served by Visiting Health Professionals, Inc. of North Carolina. This legislation not only eliminated coverage for the nursing visit for venipuncture, but also ended coverage for all home health aide visits to these patients for personal care.
authors.affiliation: Visiting Health Professionals, Inc., Asheville, NC, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Magruder
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Legeay
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002017:Budgets / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006704:Homemaker Services / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D009657:North Carolina / Q000453:epidemiology; D018962:Phlebotomy / Q000191:economics*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States