Ensuring proper interactions between inpatient/residential settings & home health agencies.
Certain referral interactions between home health agencies and inpatient or residential settings, such as hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, adult day care centers, assisted living facilities, and US Department of Housing and Urban Development residences, are constrained by ethical and legal principles. The federal laws that restrict government referral interactions apply to patients receiving services under federal health programs. This article examines those interactions subject to federal law.
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Associated Home Health Industries of Florida, Inc., Tallahassee, Florida, USA. gtischer@ahhif.org
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