What is the purpose of QAPI?
Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI) is a vital aspect of the healthcare industry. It is a process that aims to improve the quality of care and services provided to patients.
Navigating Competitive Times in Healthcare: SimiTree’s 4 Ways to Attract & Retain Top Talent
SimiTree’s 4 Ways to Attract & Retain Top Talent The home health, hospice, and behavioral health industries are facing unprecedented challenges in finding and retaining talent in a highly competitive…
Leadership Shortage Heroes: 3 Ways Interim Leaders Keep Agencies Afloat
As the healthcare industry continues to experience rapid growth and transformation, there is an increasing need for interim management to fill leadership roles within agencies.
Top Tips for Successful Integration: Advice all home health, hospice, and behavioral health agencies need
Acquisition activity in both the home health, behavioral health, and hospice sectors continues to outpace activity in other healthcare sectors, with a record number of transactions in recent years.
Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage: What Home Health Agencies Need to Know
The Difference Between Medicare and Medicare Advantage In this blog post, we explore the differences between Medicare and Medicare Advantage coverages and, most importantly, how to not lose money when dealing…
End of Public Health Emergency (PHE): May 11
The nation’s COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) is coming to an end May 11, according to an announcement made Jan. 30 by the Biden administration.
CMS publishes hospice survey changes with guidelines for surveyor training
After months of anticipation, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has just made available revisions to Hospice-Appendix M of the State Operations Manual (SOM) and the Hospice Basic…
PHE extended for another 90 days
Home health, hospice and other healthcare providers will be allowed to operate under COVID-19 waivers and flexibilities well into 2023, as the nation’s COVID-19 Public Health Emergency has been extended…
Meet the man whose team leads the nation in preparation of Medicare cost reports for home health
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