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5 Warning Signs of Home Health Agency Start-up Failure

By | on 10, Mar 2014 |   Home Care Entrepreneurship Home Care Best Practices thought leadership Home Care

We recently published a piece called The 7 Habits of Highly Successful Home Care Agencies that shared our top observations of consistent practices that we see in agencies that are thriving. My mentor [...]

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Home Care Heroes of Hurricane Sandy

By | on 08, Nov 2012 |   Private Duty Home Care Blogs Home Care Blog Home Care Best Practices Will Hicklen Home Care NPDA PDHCA Home Care Scheduling Software Patient Centered Medical Home

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Managing Post Acute Care Operations in a Storm

By | on 29, Oct 2012 |   Patient Safety Physical Therapy Private Duty Home Care Blogs HME Delivery Operations Home Care Best Practices Care Coordination transitional care HME DME Will Hicklen Care Transitions Physical Therapy software ACO Managing Post Acute Care ACO Technology

How do you manage operations when disaster strikes? Technology and good planning should be your allies. Storms threaten patient safety and the delivery of post acute care, but a little planning and so[...]

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4 Steps for Home Care to Reduce Readmissions

By | on 24, Oct 2012 |   Private Duty Home Care Blogs Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices Care Coordination transitional care Will Hicklen NPDA PDHCA Accountable Care Organizations Avoidable Readmissions ACO Managing Post Acute Care Patient Centered Medical Home ACO Technology

Private Duty Home Care Industry, NPDA and PDHCA Must Measure Home Care's Impact in Reducing Avoidable Readmissions and Actively Promote Results NOW

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Home Care Inspirational Quotes from Boyd and Nicholas

By | on 21, Sep 2012 |   Home Care Best Practices NAHC

When Ankota first started out, we went to several trade shows to meet people and to learn more about the home care industry. One of the first few people I remember meeting at the NAHC Financial Manage[...]

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Will You Survive All The Home Health Changes?

By | on 18, Sep 2012 |   Home Care Best Practices Health Care Reform Will Hicklen Care Transitions Physical Therapy software ACO

As readers of Ankota's blog will attest, we're not above borrowing a good article from someone else when we see it. We'll share it with the world if we like it. This post is an refreshing reminder abo[...]

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Storm Watch: Managing Care Transitions & Home Care In A Storm

By | on 04, Sep 2012 |   Geriatric Care Management HME Delivery Operations Home Health Aide Software Home Care Best Practices Care Coordination transitional care Home Care Technology Will Hicklen Care Transitions Home Care Scheduling Software ACO Technology

Storms threaten the delivery of healthcare services, but a little planning and some good technology can help hospitals, ACOs and post acute providers of all types. In the mid Atlantic, we've just ente[...]

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Assumptions on In-House Home Health Agencies Debunked

By | on 19, Jun 2012 |   Private Duty Home Care Blogs Home Care Best Practices Care Coordination thought leadership transitional care Home Healthcare Delivery Management Home Care Technology Will Hicklen Care Transitions Avoidable Readmissions Managing Post Acute Care

Hospice and Hospital Market Research Provider Dispels Myths Regarding Post Acute Care Recent Healthcare Market Resources (HMR) research verifies that hospitals' "inhouse" agencies do not command a dom[...]

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Crafting the Home Care Mission Statement

By | on 29, May 2012 |   Home Care Entrepreneurship Elderly Care Home Care Best Practices Home Care Home Care Blogs

Today's article comes courtesy of Alex Chamberlain, Executive Director at EasyLiving, Inc., a fully licensed, private duty home health care company serving individuals and families in Pinellas and Pas[...]

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Employers Look to Direct Contract with Doctors, What about Home Care

By | on 27, May 2012 |   Home Care Best Practices Care Coordination thought leadership transitional care Home Care Care Transitions

I came across a post on the American Medical News web site. Discussing the issue that more self-insured employers are considering direct contracting with healthcare providers. The drive health benefit[...]

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Home Care Recruitment / Retention Best Practices from Easy Living

By | on 29, Mar 2012 |   Elderly Care Home Care Best Practices Home Care Home Care Blogs

Unlike traditional publishing, blogging is more of a conversational means of communication and we've had the privilege of reading and learning from other people's blogs. In our efforts to encourage th[...]

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"In the Words" of Home Health Care Leaders

By | on 14, Mar 2012 |   Home Care Entrepreneurship Elderly Care Home Care Best Practices Care Coordination Home Healthcare Delivery Management Home Care

A former business associate of Leading Home Care's Stephen Tweed went on to build a business that writes books based on the words of various groups of leaders. His most recent book is "In THE WORDS OF[...]

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