title: Online tools help agencies cope with PPS.
abstract: A flurry of software development, much of it web-based, offers alternatives for agencies to address PPS requirements, streamline operations, and improve agency performance. PPS changes everything--dramatically altering the home care community's financial incentives and focusing attention on technologies that will enable agencies to succeed in this new environment.
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D018574:Home Care Agencies / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D020407:Internet; D011445:Prospective Payment System; D012984:Software; D014481:United States