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We safely transition patients discharged from healthcare facilities to home. Our licensed professional care managers make the transition from a hospital or rehabilitation facility safer for patients. Our case managers and caregivers complement Medicare benefits.
Innovative Healthcare Consultants will:
- Respond immediately
- Complete a comprehensive evaluation of needs
- Provide a highly skilled caregiver if needed
- Confirm the correct medications and fill prescriptions
- Review and reinforce the approach to care with patient and caregiver
- Provide 24 hour on-call service to the patient
- Coordinate care with your physician(s)
- Consult with the patient and family to review care issues and make recommendations to ensure that the patients long-term care needs are met
People with multiple medical conditions usually have several professional providers, and are prescribed numerous medications. We help manage these situations by providing:
- Coordination of physician care to facilitate communication between specialty physicians
- Medical advocacy, to assist you in navigating the complex medical system and ensure that your loved one receives the care to which they are entitled
- Reporting to help keep you and other family members informed
- Updates on functional status to the different professionals and contacts who are prescribing and treating the client
- Arrangements for advance directives
- Arrangements or assistance with insurance payments
- Arrangements for outside services such as meal delivery, healthcare alert devices, or trips into the community for social stimulation
- Arrangements for renewal and pick-up of prescriptions from doctors and pharmacies
- Accompanying client on appointments to doctors’ offices
- Introduction of homecare workers
- Careful screening and matching of caregivers to family/patient needs, including attention to any kind of family preference
- Continuity of care throughout transitions, from home to hospital to assisted living facility or other care community as needed
At Innovative Healthcare, we evaluate any financial and legal issues related to healthcare planning. We typically provide direction in these areas:
- Financial advocacy
- Entitlement advocacy for clients
- Long-term care insurance
- Advance directives
- Medi-cal applications
Our model of care is an integrated approach that emphasizes an individual’s independence and is based on holistic caring for the mind, body, and spirit. |
