To start, there were a lot of last minute changes to the schedule. Hours changed, which made it difficult for exhibitors to set up their booths on time and/or catch flights on the last day. Luckily, PRN Funding didn’t have any issues with flights, so we were unaffected by the schedule changes.

In addition to the hour changes, exhibitors noticed that it was difficult for attendees to visit the exhibit hall. The show managers arranged to have a few 15-minute breaks in-between sessions, however, it seemed that most attendees used that time to go to the bathroom, run to their rooms quickly, return phone calls and emails and/or grab a quick cup of coffee before it was time for their next session. (Rightfully so–That’s how any professional attending a conference would use a 15-minute break.)

I’m sure it was frustrating for attendees who wanted to visit specific exhibitors but didn’t have the time to do so, or they had to choose between attending an educational session or skipping it to visit the exhibit hall. Rest assured that it was equally frustrating for exhibitors who stayed in the exhibit hall for long hours without the ability to conduct business.

The last big hiccup at NAHC’s Leadership Summit was that the entrance into the exhibit hall was in a different location than what was printed in the trade show materials. In essence, the exhibit hall was flipped. For all the exhibitors who strategically placed their booths in premium locations in the front of the exhibit hall ended up  being in the back.

On the plus side, John S. of Senior Home Care won the $100 Amazon gift card giveaway! Congratulations!

Although a home health care agency owner could be approved for financing by any of the alternative lenders listed above, the best alternative financing option for them is to work with a home health care factor, and here’s why:

Home Health Care Factoring Creates Positive Cash Flow
Some Medicaid waiver programs can take up to a month to reimburse a home health care agency for its pre-approved non-medical in-home services. This lag in payments makes it difficult for new or growing home health care agencies to be able to meet payroll and other financial obligations. However, when home health agency owners sell their Medicaid receivables to a home health care funding firm, funds can be directly deposited into their bank account within hours. Instead of waiting weeks or months, factoring your home health care business gives business owners immediate access to cash…

Click here to continue reading more reasons why home health care agencies should use a factoring.

Without a constant inflow of cash, home care agencies run the risk of not having enough capital to meet payroll, pay vendors or grow their business. Fortunately, home care financing can provide the necessary capital to help struggling private duty agencies maintain a healthy cash flow.

Click here to access key questions that will help you decide if home care invoice funding is right for your private duty agency.

Marketing Manager, Nikki Flores will be in booth #303 January 23-25 speaking with private duty home care business owners about how they can turn their receivables into cash immediately through private duty home care invoice factoring.

In addition to learning about invoice funding options, all attendees are invited to stop by booth #303 and enter our drawing to win a $100 Amazon gift card.

Click here to read the official press release: Private Duty Home Care Association Invites Factoring Firm as a First-Time Exhibitor.

Check out our 2012 Trade Show schedule. We’d love to see you if you’re planning on attending any of the shows below:

It was an excellent post about how bank lending declined in 2011, but alternative financing lenders such as Credit Unions, Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), Micro Lenders and Accounts Receivable Factoring Firms increased their lending capabilities for small business owners.

Specifically, the article stated that large banks rejected small business loan applications 90 percent of the time in 2011, whereas smaller financing institutions and alternative lenders approved nearly half of all the funding applications. Moreover, in November alone, alternative lenders approved 62 percent of small business funding requests.

Prior to founding PRN Funding, Mr. Cohen spent a decade responsible for corporate joint ventures, strategic alliances and growth initiatives in the medical transcription industry. As Vice President of Corporate Development for Medical Records Corporation, he initiated and finalized numerous acquisitions, including six medical transcription service companies.

Mr. Cohen coordinated Medical Records Corporation’s merger with Medifax/SecrePhone, which resulted in The MRC Group. Upon merger completion, he assumed the role of Senior Vice President/General Manager. In addition to his corporate development responsibilities, Mr. Cohen guided the successful launch and ongoing operation of PowerScribe, the leading product in the integration of speech recognition and medical transcription.

Click here to continue reading Philip Cohen’s Biography.

Factoring, also known as invoice funding, is the process of converting a company’s receivables into cash by selling outstanding invoices to a ‘factor’ for a discount. Invoice funding is particularly useful to medical coding companies because many of their customers expect prompt delivery of coding services, while extending their payment terms. Selling its invoices to a factoring firm allows a medical coding company to increase their cash flow without acquiring debt.

Medical Coding Invoice Funding Provides Immediate Access to Working Capital
Medical coding companies provide coding on a daily basis; however, they typically don’t receive payment for those services until weeks after the work has been completed. Waiting to be paid makes it harder for these businesses to meet their financial obligations in a timely manner. Selling medical coding invoices to a factoring firm is a speedy solution to fill the cash flow gap. For starters, the factoring application process is quick and easy. In most cases, a factoring firm only needs to review a current invoice aging report and an executed application to get the process started. Once approved, medical coding companies can receive cash within hours of selling invoices.

Medical Coding Factoring Helps Build Business Credit
One of the best things about factoring is that it’s not the same as a small business loan. Because of this, there is no debt, and there are no monthly payments to ‘muddy up’ the company’s balance sheet…

Click here to read more about medical coding invoice funding as a financing solution.

Ms. Stafford wrote about Five Ways the Nursing Shortage is Affecting the Elderly, which we condensed below:

1. Too many patients - Because there are fewer nurses to go around, they often take on more patients than they can effectively handle.
2. More mistakes - If your nurse doesn’t know one patient from the next, it can be easy to confuse treatments, drugs, and more.
3. More falls - While in a health care facility, falling is one of the most common ways seniors injure themselves.
4. Quicker discharge - Ever feel as if you’re being rushed out of a hospital or other health care facility? The nursing shortage might be to blame.
5. Quality drop - This is perhaps the most dangerous way the nursing shortage is affecting the elderly.

When the survey participants were asked How Important is Social Media to Your Future Success?, they responded:

46.8% - Yet to Be Determined
34.2% - Critical
12.7% - Important
6.3% - Not Important

What type of social media marketing as your company used?

88% - Company web site

63% - Facebook
48% eMail Newsletters
36% Twitter
35% Blog

Check out all of the results on Private Duty Today’s Blog Post: Social Media Marketing in Private Duty Home Care.