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Nurse Registry – not just Home Health Agency “Lite”

The nurse registry (NR) business model has evolved a great deal in CCG’s 20 years of business.  In our early days, the NR was a faster, cheaper-to-run alternative to the home health agency model, and still allowed for the provision … Read Full Post

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Independent Contractor Guidelines are Changing

The Fair Labor Standards Act, enacted in 1938, requires – among other things – employers to pay their employees overtime for every hour worked over 40 in a workweek; this rule does not apply to individuals who work as independent … Read Full Post

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Differences & Similarities between Home Health Agencies and Nurse Registries – Part 2

We’ve been exploring the differences between home health agencies and nurse registries in this three-part series.  In the first installment, we looked at the issues of billing Medicare and Medicaid.  In this part, we’ll cover the second difference: responsibility for … Read Full Post

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What We’re Reading – IRS offers a Fresh Start

As you know, employers generally “must withhold income taxes, withhold and pay Social Security and Medicare taxes, and pay unemployment tax on wages paid to an employee. [They] don’t generally have to withhold or pay any taxes on payments to … Read Full Post

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