SimiTree Announces Genny Poole as Vice President of Human Resources.SimiTree, a revenue cycle, coding, professional services and talent management resource for post-acute and behavioral health organizations, announced Genny Poole as Vice President...

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...

SimiTree Announces Promotions.For release March 31, 2021 King of Prussia, PA – Today, SimiTree named Directors Erin Masterson and Mark Romano as Associate Principals. Masterson and Romano join a group of six...

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...

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...

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...

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...