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. A proposed pay decrease for home health would drop Medicare’s base rate of pay per episode in 2023 to within $3 of...
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Read more about Top Tips for Successful Integration: Advice all home health, hospice, and behavioral health agencies needTop Tips for Successful Integration: Advice all home health, hospice, and behavioral health agencies need.Top Tips for Successful Integration Acquisition activity in both the home health, behavioral health, and hospice sectors continues to outpace activity in other healthcare sectors,...
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Read more about CMS rescinds new NP documentation requirementCMS 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...
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Read more about Join SimiTree for a summer of OASIS-E learningJoin SimiTree for a summer of OASIS-E learning.Our three-part series of summer webinars kicks off June 9. With just over six months left until the most intensive remake of home health’s Outcome and Assessment Information Set...
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Read more about Care Compare quarterly refresh available for hospiceCare 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. The...
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Read more about Update to Medicare policy manual requires scope of practice documentationUpdate 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...
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Read more about Virtual visits: Lingering reluctance, lack of billing keeps agencies from full potentialVirtual 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...
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Read more about Know your market. MAP your growth plan with a new analytics platform from SimiTreeKnow your market. MAP your growth plan with a new analytics platform from SimiTree.Moving forward in today’s volatile post-acute care market can feel like hitting a moving target. SimiTree’s new data tool helps home health and hospice agencies improve their...