Comprehensive overview of home health and hospice care.

New Accreditation chapter: Accreditation Commission for Home Care—North Carolina

New Financial chapters: 
       Reimbursement under Prospective Payment System (PPS)
       Budgeting under the new PPS

New Clinical Issues chapters:
       Evidence-based Practice
       Telehealth
       How to Retain and Attract Staff/Career ladders/flext-time

Updated Accreditation Chapters: CHAP, JCAHO and Home Care Univ

Updated legal and financial chapters, including the following:
       Cultural Competence in Home Care
       Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA)
       Compliance Issues
       Medicare Conditions of Participation