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03.31.2022

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.

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03.31.2022

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…

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infection control

03.25.2022

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…

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Transfer Discharge Billing Hospice SimiTree

03.24.2022

New transfer and discharge billing procedure for hospice

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is issuing a new billing requirement to close the gap on hospice care and billing when a hospice patient transfers from one…

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03.24.2022

How does your agency measure nursing productivity?

With the cost of skilled labor rising quarter over quarter, as we reported in the January issue of The Insider, agencies may be looking to maximize productivity from their clinicians.

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Landing Lucrative Medicare Advantage Contracts with SimiTree

03.24.2022

Staffing Shortage Forces Overtime Scrutiny

Home health and hospice agencies scrambling to field workers under the pinch of a nationwide staffing shortage could be vulnerable to increased risk of wage and hour violations, SimiTree consultants…

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Defining Palliative Care with SimiTree

03.24.2022

Defining Palliative Care: It’s Not Hospice Light

By Maureen Kelleher RN, MBA Senior Manager   Palliative Care is the care of patients with serious illness who have symptoms throughout the illness, not just at life's end, and is…

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Creating a Culture of Accountability SimiTree

03.24.2022

Agents of Change

Profitability hinges on ensuring accountability across all operations  The cost of doing business is on the rise, creating tighter profit margins and underscoring the need for organizational accountability.

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provider relief

03.14.2022

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.

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