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...
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SimiTree Promotes Fuller, Regan, and Skehan to Managing Directors, Hawthorne to Director.FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [Jan. 18, 2023] Hamden, CT – SimiTree, a company that provides industry-leading, tech-enabled specialty revenue cycle management (RCM), coding, professional...
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Read more about CMS shares plans for medical review when PHE ends
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Read more about Embracing OASIS E: An early guide for clinicians, with notes on Final Guidance changes
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