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Management forum. Search and seizure: a nonprofit health care agency stands up to government agents...reprinted with permission from HHCMP, 12:6, pp6-12. © 2000 Aspen Publishers

A government search and seizure can be devastating to a home health care business, but do not assume that government agents always follow the law. Government agents make mistakes too. This article describes an actual search and seizure, its flaws, and the fight by the target company to win vindicati...

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Published in:Caring Vol. 20; no. 6; pp. 38 - 44
Main Authors: Withrow B, Herget B
Format: questions and answers Journal Article
Published: National Association for Home Care 2001 Jun
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          Home Health Agencies Legislation and Jurisprudence
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