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Under OCR Scrutiny? RSVPing with RSPs May Help

11.17.2022

Under OCR scrutiny? RSVPing with RSPs may help

Recent changes require policy edits, staff training  Q. When is an RSVP, the French initialism meaning “respond, please,” more than proper etiquette? A.

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OASIS E Assessment Conundrum Ahead of 2023 J'non Griffin

11.17.2022

The 4-hour OASIS conundrum ahead for 2023

By J'non Griffin, RN, MHA, HCS-D, COS-C, HCS-H Principal, SVP, Coding & OASIS Among a gauntlet of issues ahead for home health providers in 2023 lies a thorny clinical operations question…

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Agencies Target 3 Key Areas for VBP Preparation in Q4 SimiTree

10.19.2022

Agencies target 3 key areas for VBP prep in Q4

Home health agencies are targeting key performance areas such as acute care hospitalization, emergency department use, care coordination and patient satisfaction in a bid to improve their scores for the…

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Clinical Diligence is the No. 1 Deal Killer SimiTree

10.19.2022

What’s the No. 1 deal killer?

In the world of mergers, acquisitions and consolidation, the path to signing the deal is fraught with thorny complications that can bog down the process, open a Pandora’s box of…

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Medicare Advantage Plans Will Participate in its VBID Model SimiTree

10.19.2022

Shift in payors brings more work to billers

Agencies could be blindsided by new staffing demands A new dynamic is shaping up in the back offices of agencies of all sizes, where billers are seeing ballooning workloads based…

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MA Plans Account for Quarter of Revenue SimiTree

10.19.2022

MA plans account for quarter of revenue

Medicare Advantage is projected by industry advocacy groups to be the dominant form of Medicare within the next two years, and SimiTree data analysts say MA plans already account for…

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Supreme Court Turns Away Challenge to Healthcare Vaccine Mandate

10.19.2022

Supreme Court turns away 10-state challenge to vaccine mandate

A legal challenge to the COVID-19 health care worker vaccination mandate by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will not be heard by the U. S.

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HQRP Measures Continue Through FY2023 SimiTree

10.19.2022

HQRP measures continue through FY2023

By Maureen Kelleher, RN, MBA SimiTree Senior Manager The FY2022 Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) contains four quality measures that capture care across the hospice stay.

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VBP Baseline Year SimiTree

09.21.2022

What will change in VBP baseline year mean?

When the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the proposed home health payment rule for 2023, it included the expected implementation of a nationwide Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) program…

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