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title: Caregiver Registry Glossary
description: Discover the essential caregiver registry glossary by Ally. Elevate your understanding of crucial terms to navigate the caregiving landscape seamlessly. Explore now for a clearer path forward.
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# **Caregiver Registry Glossary**

## **Essential Caregiver Registry Terms**

 

###### **Caregiver Registry**

- A [caregiver registry](https://allyms.com/) matches caregivers (on a 1099 basis) with clients and families looking for care.
  
   

###### **Claims Reporting**

- Caregiver registries can use claims reporting to inform decision-making and optimize their business.
  
   

###### **Compliance**

- Caregiver registries have to [maintain compliance](https://allyms.com/compliance) in order to operate their businesses. There are less regulations than home care agencies.
  
   

###### Department of Labor (DOL) Audit

- The Department of Labor conducts [audits](https://info.allyms.com/case-study-nurture-care) on a regular basis. The home care industry, in particular, is under a magnifying glass for violations of FLSA.
  
   

###### **Electronic Visit Verification (EVV)**

- EVV or [electronic visit verification](https://allyms.com/electronic-visit-verification) is the system that businesses or individuals use to verify that a caregiver clocked in on time and completed tasks with a client.
  
   

###### **Family Room**

- Clients who utilize a caregiver registry can use a [family room](https://allyms.com/family-room) or client portal for seamless communications with their caregiver, pay invoices, and approve shifts as they’re completed.
  
   

###### Home care agency

- Home-based care businesses that employee W2 caregivers and schedule them to work with clients of their own.
  
   

###### Registry Management System (or Software)

- A registry management system or software is the system that caregiver registries use to operate their businesses.

 

###### Revenue Cycle Management

- [Revenue cycle management](https://allyms.com/revenue-cycle-billing-payments) (RCM) is the financial process a business uses to manage billing, payment, and reimbursement from a financial and administrative perspective.
  
   

###### Scheduling

- Caregiver registries do not maintain [schedules](https://allyms.com/) for their clients or caregivers, but the functionality is important to have for families and caregivers to maintain separately.

 

###### Third-Party Payment Processing

- Paying caregivers directly and writing the registry business name on a check can put the business at-risk for worker classification issues. [Third-party payment processing](https://allyms.com/revenue-cycle-billing-payments) platforms like Ally can assist in maintaining a clean business with a lower audit risk.
  
   

###### Worker Classification

- Caregiver registries traditionally operate with 1099, independently contracted caregivers. Maintaining separation between caregivers and the business is crucial for [worker classification](https://allyms.com/), as well as aspects like worker control, ability to profit, expenses, and more.