Creating an Effective Compliance Program
How effective is your compliance program?With audits for home health and hospice on the rise, focus on these compliance priorities Has your organization been targeted for a payment-related Medicare audit? Medicare contractors…
Public Health Emergency extended through October
The nation’s Public Health Emergency has been extended through October, with COVID-19 waivers and flexibilities remaining intact for healthcare providers for another 90 days.
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.
Navigating the Home Health Proposed Rule and Its Impact on Your Agency
CMS wants to decrease Medicare reimbursement for home health by 4.
Join SimiTree for a summer of OASIS-E learning
Our three-part series of summer webinars kicks off June 9.
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.
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.
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.
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…