title: Back to basics: the Medicare Plan of Care.
abstract: The home health Plan of Care (POC) provides the primary means of communication among care providers, is used by regulatory bodies to assess many aspects of compliance, and serves as the road map for care delivery. This article focuses on requirements for Medicare POC that assure specificity, comprehensiveness, detail, and measureable goals.
authors.affiliation: Rebecca Friedman Zuber, Inc. Chicago, IL 60614, USA. RFZuber@cs.com
authors.forename: Rebecca Friedman
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Zuber
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000592:standards*; D019555:Physician-Nurse Relations; D014481:United States