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Why Go Through the Accreditation Process?
		
Why Go Through the Accreditation Process?

	
		
The benefits outweigh the costs involved

	
           
        	













  



  

    





	
	
How Dru Evans Promotes Efficient Operations in Home Health
		
How Dru Evans Promotes Efficient Operations in Home Health

	
		
Q&A with Pardee Home Health's administrative director

	
           
        	













  



  

    





	
	
Accreditation Services for Home Health and Hospice
		
Accreditation Services for Home Health and Hospice

	
		
These bodies provide accreditation and consultative services

	
           
        	













  



  

    





	
	
Accreditation Considerations for Alternative Delivery Models in HME
		
Accreditation Considerations for Alternative Delivery Models in HME

	
		
Structuring programs to meet standards

	
           
        	













  








  

    





	
	
Meeting Annual Education Requirements in Accreditation
		
Meeting Annual Education Requirements in Accreditation

	
		
Plan ahead to meet calendar goals

	
           
        	













  



  

    





	
	
Maintaining Disaster Preparedness
		
Maintaining Disaster Preparedness

	
		
Accreditation Now

	
           
        	













  



  

    





	
	
Accreditation in Post-Acute Care 
		
Accreditation in Post-Acute Care 

	
		
Weight your business success with proper training and documentation 

	
           
        	













  



  

    





	
			
Certified Success

	
		
Accreditation organizations can help set providers apart

	
           
        	













  








  

    





	
			
New PECOS Accreditation Process Takes Effect Jan. 6

	
		
Enroll to avoid being denied by CMS

	
           
        	













  



  

    





	
			
Pharmacy Accreditation

	
		
There are many questions about the recently passed health care reform act and how it affects pharmacies and accreditation.

	
           
        	













  



  

    





	
			
Mandatory Accreditation

	
		
Since the late 1980s, accreditation has been voluntary for home medical equipment providers in the Medicare program. But this is about to change. The

	
           
        	













  



  

    





	
			
Editor's Inbox

	
		
The Big Bad Wolf In regard to the article Pick your Prophet, (HomeCareXtra Forecast 2003, Winter 2003) Jim Binson suggests that small businesses be proactive

	
           
        	













  








  

    





	
			
Connaughton Explains Decision to Resign as AAHomecare President

	
		
Alexandria, Va. After serving three years as the public face of the Ameri-can Association for Homecare, Tom Connaughton March 21 announced he will resign

	
           
        	













  



  

    





	
			
National NewsWire

	
		
Legislative: Governors Call for Medicaid Reform: Struggling to address Medicaid shortfalls that have reached crisis proportions, the House Energy and

	
           
        	













  



  

    





	
			
Why Bother?

	
		
Welcome to Compliance University! This month we continue to challenge common compliance-related wisdom by acknowledging and demanding an answer to The

	
           
        	













  



  

    





	
			
Sweet Success

	
		
The good news for America's 17 million diabetes sufferers is that the disease is no longer an early death sentence. Careful monitoring of blood glucose

	
           
        	













  








  

    





	
			
Budget Options Include NCB and Drug-Payment Cuts

	
		
Washington Some of the nation's most influential number crunchers those who work at the U.S. Congressional Budget Office March 3 published a budget-cutting