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Join 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...

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. The...

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...

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...

Know 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...

A Year of Milestones.SimiTree strategists recount major accomplishments in our first year A merger of industry leaders, a strategic new partnership in behavioral health, a significant expansion of...

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...

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 2.7 percent increase for hospice payments for...