Private Duty Homecare 1999 Index

Accreditation

Accreditation: Weighing its costs and benefits, JUN:70

Three accreditation programs in brief, JUN:72

Business Development

Expand your business by partnering with hospitals, SEP:101

Growing your business: Pediatric home care is thriving, DEC:141

Mergers, mergers everywhere: Is one in your company's future? FEB:13

Elder care

Assisted living that works for private duty, JAN:6

Private duty caregivers, beware! NOV:131

Financial management

Pay me now, not later! AUG:92

Government programs

Consumer-directed care offers choice and lower costs, JAN:1

Making companion services exempt, FEB:19

Riding the consumer directed care wave, FEB:20

SC decision: New options for disabled students, SEP:104

Grant funding

Alzheimer's respite program is good for the community, APR:42

Legal

Courting legal liability: Troubling behaviors, NOV:130

Don't let the rising tide of liability sink your business, JUN:61

Legal issues evolve case management area, FEB:16

Want to stay out of court? Then document, document, document! DEC:137

Marketing

To market, to market: Pedaling private duty, JUN:67

Operations

Appropriateness for home care services, SEP:109

Can't get the time of day from your scheduler? JUL:82

Play your cards right for the best rewards, OCT:115

Private duty using the registry way, AUG:93

'Variations on a Theme' revisited for cancer care, OCT:118

Who's on first? Avoid the private duty record shuffle, AUG:96

Outcomes

The challenge of infection control, JAN:7

Enhancing pediatric hospice services, JAN:9

Is nutrition on your company's plate?, MAR:33

Loving live-in services: A provider's success story, FEB:18

Name that tune! Music therapy now entering home care market, AUG:89

Rehabilitation in home setting improves outcomes, DEC:143

Recruitment and retention

Advanced Recruiting 101: How to beat your competition at the hiring game, OCT:113

Choosing the best applicants: the more you know, the less you risk, NOV:125

Guide for selecting the best-qualified candidates, NOV:128

Readers offer tips to recruit staff, MAR:29

Self-directed work groups eliminate turnover, APR:45

Using an 800-number draws applicants 24/7, NOV:128

Regulations

Clinton proposal draws mixed response from industry, MAR:25

Corporate compliance: It's not for Medicare only, APR:37

OIG guidelines useful for private duty, APR:40

Pitch personal care to get employers' ears, MAY:58

Put your agency ahead of the pack with PACE, JUL:85

Stay just a little bit longer, MAY:55

Surviving OASIS: Tips to ease implementation, MAY:51

This OASIS is no mirage; system is now required, MAY:49

To help client with advance directives, know thyself, SEP:107

Staffing

Checking references: Strategies for what you need, DEC:138

Contractor or employee? AUG:95

Strategic planning

Family foster care reverses live-in equation, MAR:31

Forging better ties with physicians, APR:43

Heading toward a system of customer service, MAR:27

Making the case for your services, JAN:4

Physicians speak up about home care, JUNE:65

Selling your services in the news, OCT:119

So many changes, so little time, MAY:53

Word of mouth beats print referrals any day, OCT:120

Technical

A tale of two technologies: Providers rave about them, JUL:80

Don't catch the Millennium Bug, FEB:21

Getting on-line services to streamline your billing, SEP:110

Telehomecare: The revolution will be broadcast to your office, JUL:77

Y2K: Prepare for the worst, expect the best, SEP:106