Peter Caudle DPT, CPHQ, HCS-O

Responsibilities

• Education of nursing and therapy staff: OASIS-D
• Education of therapy staff: Documentation standards, Conditions of Participation, and Medicare Guidelines
• OASIS review for accuracy and consistency on Wellsky EMR with SHPs data analysis
• Management and supervision of all rehabilitation disciplines

Achievements

• Established clinical documentation standards including incorporating use of standardized assessments
• Implemented maintenance therapy model to maintain census and provide medicare beneficiaries in rural area with continued support
• Recruited per-diem staff to promote for timely initiations of care
• Streamlined clinic operations for increased efficiency by optimizing patient flow and appointment scheduling processes.
• Identified areas for cost savings without compromising quality of care through regular financial analysis and budget reviews.
• Improved patient outcomes by implementing evidence-based clinical practices and protocols.
• Reduced hospital readmission rates by prioritizing discharge planning and effective communication between patients, families, and healthcare providers.
• Improved interdisciplinary collaboration efforts leading to better coordinated care plans among different medical professionals involved in patient treatment.
• Developed interdisciplinary care plans with input from physicians, nurses, therapists, and other healthcare providers for optimal patient results.

Responsibilities

• Provide reliable, patient-centered care in home health setting 
• Contributing to QAPI committee, Professional Advisory committee, precasting,

Achievements

• Assisted with CHAPs survey, contributing to deemed status achievement 

Responsibilities 

• Oversight of patient care: including making personnel assignments, coordinating referrals, assuring patient needs are continually assessed, and assuring development, implementation, and updates of the individualized plan of care
• OASIS Item review for accuracy and consistency on HomeCare HomeBase EMR with SHPs data analysis
• Participate in state survey readiness and execution
  
• On-site management and remote management of field clinicians
• Education of nursing and therapy staff: Documentation standards, Conditions of Participation, OASIS-D, Medicare Guidelines
  
• Lead weekly interdisciplinary case conference meeting to facilitate clinical team collaboration, case manager "pass-off", and to identify and address barriers to safe and timely discharges
• Collaborate with Director of Nursing and Administrator to identify opportunities of improvement and develop process improvement projects

• Oregon's 2018 HealthInsight Home Health Quality Award for demonstrating high quality health care and excellence in performance on publicly reported quality of care measures
  
• Identified therapy utilization as high risk area and implemented process improvement to reduce overutilization by 40% bringing agency in line with national averages
• Process improvement: clinician training increased “initial competencies met” from 50% to 96%
• Developed Riverside Home Health Care admission review tool to improve case conference efficiency by 30%
  
• Developed new employee orientation program including formation of team values and key performance behaviors
  
• Screened, hired, and ensured clinical standards of 20+ therapists during agency growth from 220 to 500+ patients

Responsibilities

• Interface with multiple home health agencies and their staff to develop trust regarding FYR's reliability and timeliness
  
• Provide reliable, direct patient care for multiple home health agencies in Western Oklahoma

• Spearheaded new and developing contracts in Oklahoma City Metro
• Learned to manage patients on variety of EMRs including Kinnser, HomeCare HomeBase, and EPIC

• Provided reliable, patient-centered physical therapy services in variety of health care settings including outpatient rehab, SNF, and inpatient acute care

• Provided physical therapy services in acute care setting with emphasis on achieving safe, timely discharges 

• Provided reliable, patient-centered physical therapy services in outpatient clinic
• Participated in Joint Commission survey preparedness, mock survey, and site survey