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Care Compare Refresh in Home Health with Home Health Agency SimiTree

02.14.2022

Preview of April Care Compare refresh now available

A preview of the April refresh of Care Compare, with two new OASIS-based measures for home health public reporting, has been made available to home health providers by the Centers…

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Home Health Revenue Rises Home Health Agency SimiTree

02.14.2022

Home Health Revenue from MA on the Rise

Medicare Advantage (MA) plans accounted for an increasing percentage of total home health revenue throughout 2021, according to data from The Financial Monitor, SimiTree’s industry-leading data analytics and benchmarking tool.

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Medicare Advantage Contracts with Home Health Agency SimiTree

02.14.2022

12 Tips for Managing Medicare Advantage Contracts

The bargaining table is the new frontier for home health and hospice agencies seeing increasing numbers of patients with Medicare Advantage plans.

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Notice of Admission Home Health Agency SimiTree

01.14.2022

NOA and Crossover Periods of Care: It’s Complicated

Glad to see the no-pay RAP gone, replaced by a new Notice of Admission (NOA)? Looking forward to filing the NOA only once between start of care and discharge instead…

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Healthcare Labor Costs Data Analytics

01.14.2022

Home health, hospice labor costs rising steadily

Home health and hospice agencies are steadily paying higher labor costs to deliver quality care and retain skilled nursing staff as the COVID-19 pandemic heads into another year with ongoing…

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Sequestration Snapshot at Home Health Agency SimiTree

01.14.2022

Gross margin impact for 2022: Sequestration, rising wages and new IRS mileage rates

A three-month extension of the sequestration suspension and rising costs for doing business, particularly in the area of wages and transportation, are among factors likely to shape the gross margin…

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Important Hospice Changes for 2022 SImiTree

01.14.2022

9 Important Hospice Changes for 2022

By Maureen Kelleher RN, MBA Senior Manager  As we head into the new year, hospice providers should take note of nine new survey and enforcement provisions established in 2021 by an…

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Healthcare Staffing Solutions Blog with Home Health Agency SimiTree

01.14.2022

Staffing Scramble 2022

New year ushers in new worries about staffing shortages, how the vaccine mandate could impact the situation – and some opportunities to get creative.

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