CMS proposes 2.7% pay increase for hospice in FY2023
Timing of proposed pay increase comes as sequestration resumes The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing a 2.
OASIS-E: Are you ready for January 1, 2023?
The most intensive remake of home health’s Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) since its implementation in 1999 is just months away, and the experts at SimiTree want to help…
FIC Surveys have ended, but surveyors still look carefully at infection control
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) retired its Focused Infection Control (FIC) Survey and tool last winter, but it still wants to know whether agencies are doing all…
Provider Relief Fund reporting due March 31
If your organization received $10,000 or more in payments from the Provider Relief Fund (PRF) between July 1, 2020, and Dec.
CMS moves forward with 25% pay reduction under RCD in Florida and North Carolina
Beginning April 1, home health agencies in Florida and North Carolina will be subject to a 25 percent reduction in payment if they choose not to participate in Medicare’s ongoing…
Tips for Getting the Most from Your EMR in 2022
Electronic health or medical record software comes with a hefty price tag – but many agencies never reap the full value of their significant investment in information technology.
Newest version of OASIS-E now available for preview
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to finetune its draft of the new OASIS-E for home health, and made available an updated version of the assessment instrument…
SimiTree consultants weigh in on retention strategies
A continuing staffing shortage has home health and hospice agencies shuffling staff and getting creative, looking for new ways to continue seeing patients while thinning numbers of available field staff…
5 Things Smart Agencies Are Doing in 2022
Tighter profit margins are eclipsing room for error in home health and hospice, ramping up the need for agencies to make smarter, more strategic decisions.