Bureau Talk

Home Care

November 2002

• Bureau Personnel Changes
• Oral Prescriptions for Schedule III and IV Controlled Substances
• Branch Offices for Home Health Agencies
• Important Information about Branch Locations
• Requests for Home Health Agency Branch Office Approval
• Immunizations Standards for Home Health Agencies
• Home Health Pysch Nurse
• Extension Sites for OPT
• Enteral Feedings for Hospice Patients
• Impact of Nursing Shortage on Hospice Care
• Annual Reports and HCFA-381
• Changes in Agencies
• License Renewals
• Website
• New OASIS Coordinator