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Corecubed helps home care agencies with everything from branding (including logo design) and corporate ID needs to website development, brochure development and any other need you may have. Our MOST program provides access to a library of themed sales, recruitment, design and advertising materials created by a team of home care and home health experts, to educate, communicate, and differentiate your agency.
Have you ever hired someone you thought was a great hire only to find out that you just hired your worst nightmare? Some crafty individuals have the system down pat and can successfully bluff their way through your hiring process. They pass all the tests and answer the interview questions so skillfully you think you have a real jewel. In my experience running home health and hospice agencies, you can be right on with your hires – most of the time – but every now and then you get one that leaves you wondering how you missed the signals that something was amiss. It only takes one such hire to spoil the home health caregiver pool. They can be disruptive with the staff, uncooperative, and, worst of all, can cause you to lose customers. And, if you are a private pay home care agency, they can steal your best paying clients. So, what can you do to avoid the “bad apples?” Continue reading “Hiring Quality Home Health Care Staff: Reducing Your Risk and Increasing Your Profits” »
We are beginning to hear a great deal about ACOs these days, and many in the home health industry are trying to find ways to be included. Of concern is the emerging potential that ACOs will try to create their own home care agencies and bypass the existing agencies in their areas. Now, as never before, home health has the opportunity to step front and center in the health care delivery system. To prepare for this opportunity, home health agencies must understand the guidelines and focus of the demonstration projects. Knowing this will help agencies prepare to partner with any ACO that may be developed in their area, or, in an ideal world, be part of one that a strong home health agency has developed themselves. Continue reading “Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and Home Health: What are the Opportunities?” »
