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3 reasons to schedule a compliance assessment
From an OIG directive to the labor shortage, there are compelling reasons to let SimiTree assess your risk.
Change Management: What leaders need to know about fear
By Laura Wilson, RN, BSN, COS-C SimiTree Managing Director, Operations Consulting Oh, the times they are a-changin’ - American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan Community-based care agencies face change from every direction.
Despite inflation, CMS proposes pay decrease for home health
As fuel prices and spiraling inflation drive prices upward at the highest rate in decades, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing to decrease Medicare reimbursement for…
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.
Is data driving your sales and marketing?
Home health and hospice agencies spent roughly 3 percent of revenue in the first quarter of 2022 on sales and marketing, according to national data from The Financial Monitor, SimiTree’s…
CMS wants to stabilize hospice wage index
SimiTree financial consultants say a proposal by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) could stabilize annual fluctuation in the hospice wage index, helping hospices more effectively budget and…