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    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...

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  2. FIC Surveys concluded, yet vigilance remains for infection control

    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...

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  3. 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. 31, 2020, a report detailing how the funds were used...

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  4. CMS moves forward with 25% pay reduction under RCD in FL and NC

    CMS moves forward with 25% pay reduction under RCD in Florida and North Carolina.Beginning April 1, home health agencies in Florida and North Carolina will be subject to a 25 percent reduction in payment if they choose not to participate in Medicare’s ongoing...

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  5. EMR Software Tips from Home Health Agency SimiTree

    Tips for Getting the Most from Your EMR in 2022.Electronic health or medical record software comes with a hefty price tag – but many agencies never reap the full value of their significant investment in information...

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  6. OASIS E for Home Health from Home Health Agency SimiTree

    Newest version of OASIS-E now available for preview.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to finetune its draft of the new OASIS-E for home health, and made available an updated version of the assessment...

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  7. SimiTree consultants weigh in on retention strategies.A continuing staffing shortage has home health and hospice agencies shuffling staff and getting creative, looking for new ways to continue seeing patients while thinning numbers of...

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  8. 5 Home Health Agency Strategic Plans & Strategies for 2022

    5 Things Smart Agencies Are Doing in 2022.Tighter profit margins are eclipsing room for error in home health and hospice, ramping up the need for agencies to make smarter, more strategic decisions. With Value-Based...

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