1. Notice of Admission Home Health Agency SimiTree

    RAP vs. NOA: The 3 Big Changes.Here’s a refresher on what’s changing under the new admission requirement Home health agencies are bracing for potential cash flow shortages, confusion about periods of care...

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  2. How to Prepare for Value-Based Purchasing

    How to prepare for VBP.CMS has given home health agencies an extra year to prepare for VBP. Here’s what your organization should do with the extra time. Home health agencies bracing for a nationwide...

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  3. SimiTree Blog Image Press Release Jnon Griffin Principal

    SimiTree Healthcare Consulting names J’non Griffin Principal.For release Dec. 14, 2021 King of Prussia, PA — SimiTree Healthcare Consulting today named Director J’non Griffin, R.N., MHA, HCS-D, HCS-C, HCS-H, COS-C, as...

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  4. SIMI 0003 blog outsourcing

    3 More Reasons to Outsource Billing to SimiTree in 2022.Cash flow. Staffing shortages. Lingering pandemic. Uncertainties about court-challenged vaccine mandates from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and OSHA, and how...

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  5. SimiTree Blog Image Hands 2

    Hospice Survey Changes.CMS is tightening survey rules and increasing CoPs scrutiny for hospices. Here’s what your agency needs to know. Regulatory agencies are taking a harder look at infection control...

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  6. Cost Reporting Blog at Home Health Agency SimiTree

    Cost Reporting: What Agencies are Getting Right and Wrong (and Why It Matters).Cost Reporting: What Agencies are Getting Right and Wrong (and Why It Matters) Wondering how much the Centers for Medicaid and Medicaid Services (CMS) will pay for telehealth...

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  7. 8 Things to Know Blog at Home Health Agency SimiTree

    8 Things to Know About the Final Rule for Home Health – plus a new vaccine mandate.8 Things to Know About the Final Rule for Home Health – plus a new vaccine mandate Home health agencies will see a significantly higher Medicare reimbursement rate in...

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  8. CMS issues Final Rule for Hospice FY2022 Blog at Home Health Agency SimiTree

    CMS issues Final Rule for Hospice FY2022.On July 29, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the FY2022 Final Rule for Hospice, updating Medicare payment rates and the aggregate cap amount for FY2022.

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