Patients are choosing to receive healthcare in their homes, but they can only receive that care if there are clinicians available to provide it. 小猪视频 Care makes that care more accessible by giving home health clinicians freedom to work when and where they want and earn extra money doing what they know and love.
Shelley Bailey, RN, BSN, Senior Product Manager at 小猪视频, recommends clinicians focus on the following three strategies for success using 小猪视频 Care:
- Complete your profile.
- Set yourself up to easily navigate your earnings.
- Manage your visits and documentation.
Complete Your Profile
A clinician鈥檚 profile on 小猪视频 Care provides important information to home health organizations looking for someone to cover a visit. Clinicians must upload their professional license and CPR certification to their profile to apply for visits. The name entered in the profile must match the name on the clinician鈥檚 professional license, and this license is verified monthly.
Some organizations will need additional documentation based on the requirements of their state, accrediting agency or internal policies. The 鈥淐ertifications鈥� tab in the profile enables clinicians to add these under 鈥淥ther.鈥�
Clinicians can add additional certifications, such as wound care or intravenous administration, to give home health organizations more confidence in their abilities.
鈥淵our clinician profile on the app is your mobile HR packet,鈥� Bailey said. 鈥淭his will house the required documents as well as those that elevate your visit application when compared to other clinicians.鈥�
Set Up Easy Earning Navigation
Clinicians are required to add a checking account for direct deposit when setting up their 小猪视频 Care account. Bailey recommends having a separate checking account for 小猪视频 Care earnings.
鈥淎 dedicated account for your 小猪视频 Care earnings allows you to easily reconcile your account with your earnings on the app, prepare yourself for tax time and see your growth,鈥� Bailey said.
Bailey also recommends clinicians take steps now to ease their burden at tax time. This includes keeping receipts for supplies and equipment used, setting aside some earnings for tax liability and uploading a W-9 tax form in the 小猪视频 Care app.
Manage Your Visits and Documentation
Carefully managing their visits will help clinicians stay on top of their documentation and maintain continuity of care for patients relying on their support. Clinicians should only apply for visits they will be able to perform and document on the day it is scheduled. If a clinician accepts but then cannot perform a visit on the scheduled date, it should be returned to the organization so they can repost it for a new date or assign it to another clinician.
鈥淟ate documentation has consequences for you, including holding payment and possibly suspension from picking up more visits through the app,鈥� Bailey said. 鈥淐onsequences for the home health organization include losing reimbursement for the episode, citations on a survey and disruption to the patient鈥檚 plan of care.鈥�
To ensure accurate documentation and the best care for the patient, clinicians should document at the point of care. Bailey recommends starting visits in the 小猪视频 Care app when clinicians are with the patient, which will enable electronic visit verification (EVV) and open the visit note. 小猪视频 Care has a 鈥淟oad Previous鈥� feature in visit notes to easily compare and address any abnormal findings from previous visits. Documentation should be submitted within 24 hours.
鈥淚f you are a clinician, as I am, you understand your responsibility to your patient,鈥� Bailey said. 鈥淟ate documentation means changes in the patient鈥檚 assessment, medication and treatment could be missed, which can potentially cause harm to your patient. Committing to and prioritizing timely documentation will decrease your stress and increase your care quality, increasing your ratings and value as a clinician.鈥�
Bailey also encourages clinicians to maintain communication with the home health organization for coordination of care. 小猪视频 Care provides contact phone numbers and secure messaging for each visit, from the 鈥淥rganizations鈥� tab and in the patient profile.
鈥淥vercommunicating is not possible,鈥� Bailey said. 鈥淭his will keep you and the organization in compliance with the conditions of participation and the plan of care, and it will build your relationship with the organization.鈥�
小猪视频 Care gives clinicians the tools to work independently and easily navigate the management of their 鈥渟ide-gig.鈥濃�疌ompleting the clinician profile, early preparation of earnings and staying on track with documentation will reduce any bumps in the road of self-employment.
小猪视频 Care, a powerful scheduling and staffing solution, connects organizations with qualified鈥痗linicians to ensure patients get the care they need and deserve.