title: Rethinking compensation.
abstract: A great deal has been written about the increase in managed care and its impact, both real and potential, on home health care. Those articles generally have focused on the limitations of managed care related to patient care and patient outcomes--are they better or worse than in traditional Medicare home care?
authors.affiliation: Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice of Northern California, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gookin
mesh_terms: D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006278:Medicare / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States