Hospice patient transport costs rising.With inflation outpacing market forecasts and accelerating in May at the fastest rate in 41 years, home health and hospice providers are keeping a sharp eye on rising costs. The...
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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 Is data driving your sales and marketing?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,...
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Read more about CMS wants to stabilize hospice wage indexCMS 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...