Bachman Consulting




Welcome to Bachman Consulting!

		Options Unlimited - Consulting for Health Care Providers, Health Care Professionals, and Change-Agents

	Technology Services - IT services including Network Design and Installation, Server Installation, Project Management.

Options Unlimited Joan Bachman is a Registered Nurse, Licensed Nursing Home Administrator, Registered Health Information Technician, and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. She has many years experience as Director of Nursing Service and Administrator of hospitals, nursing homes, and clinics, mostly obtained in small rural communities. For 10 years, she was responsible for the state survey agency that licensed and certified all types of health care facilities to ensure compliance with state and federal regulations. SPECIAL EXPERTISE Interpretation of state and federal regulations Transformation of regulations into YOUR policies and procedures Development of quality enhancement programs based on regulations and your personal philosophy of service Training staff members to understand the impact of compliance with standards and regulations on your business and reputation Developing cooperation between all health care service providers in the local community and with outside special services CONSULTING SERVICES Interpretation and guidance for implementation of State and Federal regulations for health care facilities, and communication with the regulators; Incorporation of State and Federal regulations into your policies and procedures to eliminate confusing expectations from your staff; Training for staff members to recognize the positive impact of compliance with regulations and standards on your business and reputation; Assistance with development of facility-wide quality enhancement/quality improvement (QEQI) based on regulations and your personal philosophy of service; Evaluation and training for compliance with Privacy Rules of Health Insurance Privacy and Accountability Act (HIPAA); Assistance in achieving cooperation and coordination with outside health care service providers in your local community; and Review of operations to identify your potential to increase interdepartmental efficiencies and plans to implement change. SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS NURSING SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR ORIENTATION Objectives: Review responsibilities of the NSA management position in the health care setting; Suggest skills and resources that will increase the likelihood of personal and departmental success; Suggest means to facilitate a positive effect of successful management on quality care for the client; and Promote a successful personal transition to an administrative role. HEALTHCARE FACILITY BOARD ORIENTATION Objectives: Understand the Role of Government in Health Care; Review the Evolution of the Health Care System; Understand Roles and Relationships of the Board, Administrator, Staff, Physicians. HIPAA COMPLIANCE FOR LONG TERM CARE Objectives: Be able to define HIPAA terms applicable to long term care providers; Be prepared to develop an inventory of sources and uses of individually identifiable health information at your provider setting; and Be prepared to write policies and procedures to protect individually identifiable health information (PHI) at your provider setting, as required. POLICY AND PROCEDURE MANUALS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES GUIDEBOOK FOR ASSISTED LIVING CENTERS AND BASIC CARE FACILITIES This 150 page Guidebook contains outlines for policies and procedures, personnel policies, equipment lists, resident care forms, and an example admission agreement. Cost of the Guidebook and a disk with outlines for many procedures is $77.00 plus shipping and handling ($83.50). PurchaseMaster Forms for $5.00 each and copy as many as you need.

Technology Services Providing network consulting and support services. Brad Bachman is a Certified Novell Engineer with over 13 years of field experience. Brad has worked in a healthcare environment for the past 8 years with support experience of systems as large as 7000 users. I specialize in helping you accomplish goals. I will work with both you and your vendors or contractors on implementation projects. My goal is make sure your projects are completed on-time and with the best business practice decisions made to put systems in place. SERVICES PROVIDED Network Design Server Installation and Support Workstation Support Intermediary Between Vendors and Buyers SYSTEMS EXPERTISE Novell Netware Microsoft Windows Server IBM OS/400 Nortel / Cisco / Hewlett Packard Network Equipment CiscoWorks and HP Openview HP (Compaq) Proliant Servers Meditech, Physician Computer Network (PCN or Versyss) Checkpoint Firewall-1 Symantec and Mcafee Antivirus Suites Veritas and Computer Associates Backup Solutions