Cooperative wound management alliance for home health patients demanding advanced specialist knowledge beyond standard nursing protocols.
Home healthcare nurses deliver exceptional comprehensive care, yet complicated wounds frequently necessitate specialist involvement. Our practice collaborates with home healthcare organizations delivering expert wound consultation and therapeutic interventions for patients presenting persistent wounds, infected ulcerations, or wounds requiring sophisticated therapies including debridement, negative pressure applications, or biological grafting materials. We operate cooperatively alongside your nursing staff, augmenting—not supplanting—your services while securing optimal clinical results and Medicare documentation compliance.
We don't rival home healthcare services—we enhance them. Your nurses maintain provision of outstanding general treatment while our specialists manage complex wound cases requiring advanced certification and specialized instrumentation.
Wounds showing no improvement after 4 weeks of standard care, wounds enlarging despite appropriate treatment, or wounds developing new areas of necrosis or breakdown. These require specialist evaluation to identify underlying barriers to healing and implement advanced interventions.
Signs of infection (purulent drainage, increasing pain, erythema, odor), suspected osteomyelitis (exposed bone, probe-to-bone positive), or wounds not responding to antibiotic therapy. Specialists can perform cultures, aggressive debridement, and coordinate with physicians for appropriate antimicrobial management.
Significant necrotic tissue, eschar, or slough that requires sharp/surgical debridement beyond the scope of home health nursing practice. Our specialists perform bedside debridement in the patient's home with proper anesthesia and equipment.
Wounds that may benefit from negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT), cellular/tissue-based products (amniotic grafts, bioengineered skin), or other advanced modalities requiring specialist evaluation, ordering, and application. We handle all Medicare authorization and documentation.
Home Health Nurse Identifies Need
During routine visit, nurse recognizes wound requires specialist intervention. Nurse contacts Healix360 via phone, fax, or secure portal with patient information and wound description.
Rapid Coordination
We contact patient's physician for orders (or coordinate with home health to obtain orders), verify insurance coverage, and schedule visit within 24-48 hours. We communicate visit time to home health team.
Specialist Home Visit
Our specialist visits patient at home, performs comprehensive assessment and treatment (debridement, advanced dressing application, etc.). Home health nurse can coordinate to be present if desired for continuity.
Ongoing Collaboration
We send detailed visit notes to home health within 24 hours with treatment plan, recommendations for dressing changes between specialist visits, and schedule for follow-up. Home health team continues general care per updated plan.
Regular Communication
Open lines of communication maintained. Home health nurses can reach our team anytime with questions or concerns. We coordinate care plan changes with home health to ensure seamless patient experience.
Sharp Debridement
Bedside surgical debridement with local anesthesia. We bring all equipment needed.
Wound Cultures
Tissue biopsies or swab cultures with lab coordination and antibiotic recommendations.
NPWT Setup & Management
Authorization, equipment ordering, application, and dressing change coordination.
Biologic Grafts
Amniotic membranes and skin substitutes with Medicare authorization and documentation.
Vascular Assessment
ABI measurements, pulse checks, and vascular referral coordination when indicated.
Offloading Devices
CAM boots, total contact casts, and DME ordering for diabetic foot ulcers.
Improve Patient Outcomes
Specialist expertise leads to faster wound closure, fewer hospitalizations, and higher OASIS quality scores for your agency.
Reduce Nurse Liability
Complex wounds managed by specialists reduce your nurses' liability exposure. Specialists assume responsibility for advanced procedures.
Zero Cost to Agency
We bill Medicare Part B directly. Your agency's home health benefit is not affected. No contracts, no fees, no financial burden.
Enhanced Service Offering
Position your agency as providing comprehensive care with specialist partnerships. Competitive advantage in physician referrals.
Contact us to establish a referral partnership with your home health agency.