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High Tech Home Care: Surviving and Prospering in a Changing Environment
Author(s) -
Viall Carolyn D.,
Crocker Kathleen S.,
Hennessy Kathryn A.,
Orr Marsha E.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
nutrition in clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1941-2452
pISSN - 0884-5336
DOI - 10.1177/011542659501000132
Subject(s) - medicine , reimbursement , managed care , payment , competition (biology) , parenteral nutrition , nursing , intensive care medicine , finance , business , health care , economic growth , ecology , economics , biology
Managed care plans are expanding rapidly into new marketplaces. Reimbursement for home infusion therapy, including parenteral and enteral nutrition, is significantly affected under managed care, especially when capitated payment mechanisms are used. Home care companies have experienced downsizing, mergers, acquisitions, and fierce competition in the managed care environment. Clinicians who are entering the home care setting may find that, in addition to clinical expertise, their marketability depends on a set of new skills and abilities in order to prosper in this new environment.