Improve patient care through interdisciplinary teamwork Medicare is not concerned with outcomes specific to therapy, nursing, or social work. Since payments are based on the overall patient outcome, agencies need to encourage disciplines to work together to achieve the desired end results. Cindy Krafft, PT, MS, helps you develop a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach to patient care. You ll learn to make proper use of previously collected OASIS-C data to draft effective and thorough care plans that benefit your agency and its patients. Benefit from this book by: Ensuring collaborative patient care by communicating with members of the interdisciplinary team (IDT) despite infrequent face-to-face interactions Taking advantage of information you already possess such as OASIS-C documentation to drive the care planning process Establishing care conference best practices to make them effective and efficient Determining medical necessity through an understanding of the viewpoint of other disciplines Initiating appropriate referrals to other services as indicated Removing the task-oriented mind-set prevalent in agencies today and develop patient care plans with input from the entire IDT