Hospice patient transport costs rising
With inflation outpacing market forecasts and accelerating in May at the fastest rate in 41 years, home health and hospice providers are keeping a sharp eye on rising costs.
Is data driving your sales and marketing?
Home health and hospice agencies spent roughly 3 percent of revenue in the first quarter of 2022 on sales and marketing, according to national data from The Financial Monitor, SimiTree’s…
CMS wants to stabilize hospice wage index
SimiTree financial consultants say a proposal by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) could stabilize annual fluctuation in the hospice wage index, helping hospices more effectively budget and…
Ease of use is key feature for SimiTree’s new market analysis platform
We’re celebrating our first anniversary with the launch of an innovative market analysis platform designed to take the guesswork out of growth strategy.
Is your Plan of Care compliant?
SimiTree compliance experts offer tips for creating a survey ready POC Which medications is the patient taking? What about the herbal supplements and over-the-counter vitamins she keeps in a shoebox on…
SDoH: Keys to improved outcomes, lower hospitalization rates
By Judy Connelly RN, MSN, SHR and Maureen Kelleher, RN, MBA SimiTree Senior Managers Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) are defined by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) as “Factors that…
Is your agency’s care coordination making the grade?
From survey scrutiny to performance scores under Value-Based Purchasing, reasons are mounting for both home health and hospice agencies to structure regular care coordination meetings into the work schedule --…
SimiTree analysts expect data to reflect sizeable jump in direct care mileage cost
SimiTree data analysts expect incoming data for Q1 2022 to reflect the significant impact of explosive gas prices in March on home health and hospice agencies.
Sequestration is back – with a 1 percent pay cut
Providers doing business with Medicare will get paid a little less for services rendered this month, as part of an incremental return to pre-COVID business-as-usual for a punitive payment reduction…