Handbook of Home Health Care Administration, Sixth Edition

Handbook of Home Health Care Administration, Sixth Edition is a comprehensive text that reflects the current state of home health care administration. With contributions from leading experts in the field, it addresses key aspects of home health care, including finance, human resource development, legal and ethical issues, management information systems, marketing, quality management, research, and current technology for patient care.

Home care and hospice are among the fastest growing healthcare sectors, particularly for the jobs market of nurses and nursing assistants. The dramatic change over the past few years is the result of many forces including the 2013 Affordable Care Act and outcome-based quality improvement initiatives. The increased use of technology and advances in clinical medicine have had a significant impact on our industry. The consolidation of the healthcare industry takes advantage of the economies of scale and group purchasing programs and will continue to change the home care and postacute care industry. The influence of the government and private and institutional care is shifting our focus of care to the home or increasing emphasis on the home, encouraging us to provide the right care at the right place for the right amount of time. Community-based care is now in the limelight, and we need to take advantage of our time in the spotlight. The need for leadership resources to allow us to successfully manage and compete in today’s fast-paced home care and hospice industry is crucial for success. Leaders need to be ready and informed to meet our industry’s ever-changing unique challenges, which are intensified in an environment of technological advances.

Marilyn D. Harris, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, provides home care and hospice leaders with the sixth edition of Handbook of Home Health Care Administration, an outstanding compendium of experience, advice, and information that every administrator should have at their disposal. Ms. Harris has pulled together the movers and shakers of home care and hospice. The contributing authors don’t just share their experience—they offer sound advice for the future. The lineup of contributing authors ensures that readers get the information they need from some of the best-known experts in the home care and hospice field regarding the full spectrum of administrative topics including legal and legislative issues, case management processes, the use of technology including telehealth, performance and quality improvement, program evaluation, corporate compliance, and labor management issues. Also featured are chapters on audits, credentialing, cultural competency, and clinical and quality management. The book includes ready and reproducible forms and tools, including guidelines, which provide readers with the tools to assist with the implementation of suggested practice and ideas.