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To help protect your business investment
To Network with other Independent Providers
To provide email updates on issues affecting your Home Care business
To keep you abreast with the laws and rules for Ohio Independent Providers
To inform you of provider meetings and classes for Continuing Education Courses
To encourage participation in your own professional organizations
To unite Ohio nurses and create a powerful movement towards fair treatment of Independent Nurses
To become proactive in the legislative process as it relates to nursing laws and rules
To combine our resources, which enables organized efforts to bring about positive changes concerning Home Care Nursing

"These are just a few reasons you might consider adding your name to the supportive member list. The more involvement......the better results!"

The history of the Ohio Independent Provider’s plight, and the reasons we need unity:

ORIGINAL PROPOSAL – FALL 2005

• 30% rate reduction to Independent LPNs to be implemented January 1, 2006.
• Ohio LPNs are paid 30% less on average than RNs in other health care settings.
• This proposal would have changed nursing reimbursement rates for the Ohio Home Care Waiver and the Transitions MR/DD Waiver from $55.00 for the first hour to $38.50, and subsequent hours from $22.80 to $15.96.

SECOND PROPOSAL – JANUARY 2006

• An across the board cut to the rate paid for nursing services that will affect Home Health Care Agencies, Independent RNs, and Independent LPNs.
• The rate reduction will affect nursing services provided in the Ohio Home Care Waiver, the Transitions MR/DD Waiver, and the Core Plus / Private Duty Nursing benefit. The rate reduction does not affect Core Nursing Services / Home Health Nursing under the Medicaid State Plan.
• 8% reduction to the first hour taking the nursing reimbursement rate from $55.00 to $50.60.
• 5% reduction to subsequent hours taking the nursing reimbursement rate from $22.80 to $21.68.
The typical nursing provider, on average, will experience a 6% reduction to reimbursement

In April 2006 just prior to a hearing in Columbus, OH, concerning the new rules, the ODJFS decided to table the pay cuts until further notice.

Independent nurses have much to be grateful to the Ohio Council for Home Care. They have worked very hard to achieve what is long over due. The following announcement is an excerpt from the OCHC website and is in no way intended to be perceived to be written by the webmaster or any other member of the Ohio Independent Provider Network.

VICTORY FOR HOME CARE!

We are thrilled to announce that Ohio Council for Home Care and its

members have achieved what we set out to get, a Medicaid rate reimbursement

increase across the board. PASSPORT received a 3% increase for both 2008 and

2009, a total of 6% over two years. The PASSPORT increase will take effect this

July and the second 3% will kick in next July. The Ohio Home Care Program and

State Plan also received a 3% increase in 2008 and in 2009. The first 3% will take

effect in July of 2008 and the second 3% will kick in January of 2009.

To read the full story, and learn about membership, please visit the website of the Ohio Council for Home Care:

Nurses: If you are aware of clients in need of nurses and you would like for them to contact you concerning available shifts, please complete the form below. This includes LPNs in need of RN supervisors.
*The field marked with () are required fields.**
*	City, County and area of client
*	Days and shift times available
*	Gender of client	Male Female Other
*	In what age group is the client?	Pediatric Adolescence Adult Geriatric
*	Does the client prefer non smokers?	Yes No Does not matter
*	Are there pets in the home?	Yes No Not Sure
	Without disclosing the clients contact information, Please note any other pertinent information you feel would be helpful to the nurse seeking employment
*	Name of Nurse to contact about this position
*	Add your email address for nurses to contact you
	(Optional) List any other contact information of which you can be reached. (Please remember this will be forwarded to hundreds of nurses in the IP Network)