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RE: beas-crma Fw: sub-cutaneous injections

From: Darlene (Dgrass@gwi.net)
Date: Mon Dec 13 2004 - 10:39:43 EST


Kathleen, I also read the regs as specific to allowing CRMA's to administer
sc insulin and bee sting kits after RN instruction. Anything further in my
opinion, is asking too much from our CRMA's. What does Peter say about this
matter?
Darlene Grass RN
Granite Hill Estates
  -----Original Message-----
  From: owner-beas-crma@lists.state.me.us
[mailto:owner-beas-crma@lists.state.me.us]On Behalf Of Kathleen Bernard
  Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 11:59 PM
  To: Beas-crma@lists.state.me.us
  Subject: beas-crma Fw: sub-cutaneous injections

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Kathleen Bernard
  To: Beas-crma@lists.st.me.us
  Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 7:50 AM
  Subject: sub-cutaneous injections

  Hi Everyone,
  I would like to get your feedback on a recent dilemma. I cover 6 group
homes under the assisted living regs, PNMI and BDS. One home is a level IV
assisted living home but serves adults with mental illness. We have CRMA's,
one LPN that coordinates appointments and works M-F days.

  We needed home health to provide evening SC lovenox which they did but
Medicaid denied their payments. The Medicaid folks feel that CRMA's can
administer this SC medication because the assisted living regs state SC
insulin is ok so the assumption is that SC anything is ok.

  Is anyone aware of CRMA's giving anything but bee sting and insulin
injections? The CRMA course seems specific, as do the regulations....bee
sting and insulin with instruction from an RN and not part of the CRMA
course itself.

  Through the many levels of conversations about this subject Peter Mauro's
name was mentioned. It is unclear to me at this point what details were
presented to him.

  Thanks for any help and guidance.
  Kathleen Bernard RN,BC
  Community Health and Counseling/Bangor
  947-0366 x452
  the email is my home, I don't have work email

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