Tina M. Marrelli, MSN, MA, RN

Publications

Authored publications that communicate the depth and scope of practice include:

The Handbook of Home Health Standards and Documentation Guidelines for
Reimbursement, "The Little Red Book" (4th edition, Mosby, 2001)
The Nurse Manager Survival Guide (3rd edition, Mosby)
The Handbook of Home Health Orientation (1998)
The Nursing Documentation Handbook (3rd edition, Mosby, 1996)
The Hospice and Palliative Care Handbook (2nd edition, Mosby, 2004)
Mosby's Home Care & Hospice Drug Handbook (Mosby, 1999).

Ms. Marrelli is also the co-author of:

Home Health Aide: Guidelines for Care
Home Care and Clinical Paths: Effective Care Planning Across the Continuum
Home Health Aide: Guidelines for Care Instructor Manual
Manual of Home Health Practice: Guidance for Effective Clinical Operations
Home Care Therapy: Quality, Documentation, and Reimbursement

Ms. Marrelli serves as an editorial board member of The Journal of Community Health Nursing. She has also been the home care columnist for Geriatric Nursing and served as the Editor of the peer-reviewed Mosby journal, Home Care Provider.

Educational Background

Ms. Marrelli received a Bachelor's degree in Nursing from the Duke University School of Nursing and a Master of Arts in Management and Supervision, Health Care Administration from Central Michigan University. She also has a Masters in Nursing, with an emphasis on administration from Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio.

Key Roles

Key roles include directing various health care programs with extensive experience in home care, hospice, and hospital settings. Ms. Marrelli worked at the central office of the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), now the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) for four years in the areas of home care and hospice policy and operations, where she received the Bureau Director's Citation. Ms. Marrelli served on the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization's (NHPCO) Standards and Accreditation Committee, has been the recipient of the Arizona Association for Home Care's prestigious 1998 Genie Eide Award, and served as a member of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association's "National Competency Project" which wrote and published the first such standards for hospice nurses.

Editor, Home Healthcare Nurse

Home Healthcare Nurse (HHN) is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal published by Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins. HHN welcomes manuscripts about all aspects of home care and hospice practice, operations, and education. This includes original articles, case studies, descriptions of clinical care, performance improvement initiatives, best practices, research and other information that is useful to clinicians and managers. Material submitted must be original and never before published. A manuscript is submitted for review with the understanding that it is not being nor will it have been submitted to any other journal prior to consideration by HHN.

Authors are encouraged to e-mail Tina Marrelli prior to submission of a manuscript. The Editor can assist with clarifying topics, the scope and other aspects of manuscript design and delivery. The author guidelines for Home Healthcare Nurse can be accessed at the following site: homehealthcarenurseonline.com. Prospective authors are encouraged to review the guidelines prior to e-mailing the Editor and submitting a paper. For queries or to discuss your idea for a manuscript, Tina Marrelli can be reached at news@marrelli.com

Consultative Services

Marrelli and Associates, Inc. provides product development and process improvement consultative services to many diverse organizations which includes hospitals, universities, publishers, hospices, home health agencies, managed care organizations for various assessments and interventions. Examples include management training, compliance considerations, accreditation assistance, quality initiatives, orientation development and services, daily operations, OASIS, retention and recruitment programs, clinical documentation systems, written product development and case management models. Tina can be contacted via e-mail at news@marrelli.com.