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Proposed Pay Decrease for Home Health Blog by SimiTree

06.28.2022

Proposed pay cut for home health requires new strategies for rising costs, tighter margins

Join SimiTree consultants for a June 30 webinar to learn more.

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CMS Proposes to Decrease Medicare Reimbursement for Home Health

06.27.2022

Navigating the Home Health Proposed Rule and Its Impact on Your Agency

CMS wants to decrease Medicare reimbursement for home health by 4.

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A Full Complement of Services at Home Health Agency SimiTree

06.07.2022

Join SimiTree for a summer of OASIS-E learning

Our three-part series of summer webinars kicks off June 9.

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SimiTree Hospice Breaking News Update

06.07.2022

CMS rescinds new NP documentation requirement

Editor's Note: This situation is still developing, and additional clarification from CMS and the MACs is expected soon. SimiTree will update as new information becomes available.

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Care Compare Refresh in Home Health with Home Health Agency SimiTree

05.31.2022

Care Compare quarterly refresh available for hospice

The May 2022 quarterly refresh for the Hospice Quality Reporting Program is now available on Care Compare, but you won’t find two new quality measures for hospice there yet.

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Update to Chapter 7 of the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual

05.26.2022

Update to Medicare policy manual requires scope of practice documentation

Effective today, when a nurse practitioner or a clinical nurse specialist certifies eligibility and orders services for a Medicare patient, additional documentation will be required in the medical record.

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05.18.2022

A Year of Milestones

SimiTree strategists recount major accomplishments in our first year A merger of industry leaders, a strategic new partnership in behavioral health, a significant expansion of revenue cycle management services and the…

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SimiTree Launches Market Analysis Platform: Data Analytics

05.18.2022

Know your market. MAP your growth plan with a new analytics platform from SimiTree

Moving forward in today’s volatile post-acute care market can feel like hitting a moving target.

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Transforming Telehealth and Virtual Visits for Healthcare

05.18.2022

Virtual visits: Lingering reluctance, lack of billing keeps agencies from full potential

Two years after the COVID-19 public health emergency loosened Medicare regulations for telehealth, allowing providers more flexibility in the use of virtual visits, few home health and hospice agencies are…

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