title: Financial success under PPS: how to beat the odds, Part II.
abstract: Whether you are a publicly held company or a small mom and pop agency, you have to maximize both efficiency and productivity while maintaining patient satisfaction and staff morale. In the new world of home care, this is a tall order. In the first installment of this two part series, which ran in the July 2002 issue of CARING the author reviewed the dimensions of financial success, issues of length of stay and episode of care, resource utilization planning, and reducing overhead. This second part covers overall productivity, clinical productivity, and management strategies to synergize financial success under the prospective payment system.
authors.affiliation: Healthcare Executive Resources of Austin, Texas, USA. khollers@hcare.com
authors.forename: F Kay
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Hollers
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005376:Financial Management / Q000379:methods*; D018574:Home Care Agencies / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D009013:Morale; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011445:Prospective Payment System; D014481:United States; D014600:Utilization Review