Home health, hospice labor costs rising steadily.Home health and hospice agencies are steadily paying higher labor costs to deliver quality care and retain skilled nursing staff as the COVID-19 pandemic heads into another year...
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Read more about Gross margin impact for 2022: Sequestration, rising wages and new IRS mileage ratesGross margin impact for 2022: Sequestration, rising wages and new IRS mileage rates.A three-month extension of the sequestration suspension and rising costs for doing business, particularly in the area of wages and transportation, are among factors likely to shape...
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Read more about 9 Important Hospice Changes for 20229 Important Hospice Changes for 2022.By Maureen Kelleher RN, MBA Senior Manager As we head into the new year, hospice providers should take note of nine new survey and enforcement provisions established in 2021...
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Read more about Staffing Scramble 2022Staffing Scramble 2022.New year ushers in new worries about staffing shortages, how the vaccine mandate could impact the situation – and some opportunities to get creative. From court-challenged vaccine...
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Read more about OASIS-E: Are you ready for January 1, 2023?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...
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Read more about CMS proposes 2.7% pay increase for hospice in FY2023CMS 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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Read more about Provider Relief Fund reporting due March 31Provider 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...