Tag: Coding & OASIS

OASIS-E Updates: Key Changes Your Home Health Agency Needs to Know.Home health agencies nationwide are adapting to significant changes in patient assessment requirements with the implementation of OASIS-E. These updates represent the most...

Clinician Approach to OASIS-E: Mastering the Key to the New Discharge Function Score.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is sharpening its focus on patient functional abilities as a reimbursement factor in value-based care, and the experts at...

Maximizing Revenue and Growth: 3 Reasons your Home Health Agency needs SimiTree’s PDGM Analysis.As we move further into 2023, it’s becoming increasingly important for home health agencies to stay on top of changes in the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) and adjust...

Consultant Spotlight: Meet Pam Wandrie, Coding and OASIS QA Specialist.For this Consultant Spotlight, we sat down with a member of SimiTree’s Coding and OASIS QA Specialist team. Pam Wandrie, M.A.CCC-SLP, HCS-D, HCS-O, is passionate about ensuring...

The 4-hour OASIS conundrum ahead for 2023.By J’non Griffin, RN, MHA, HCS-D, COS-C, HCS-HPrincipal, SVP, Coding & OASIS Among a gauntlet of issues ahead for home health providers in 2023 lies a thorny clinical...

Agencies target 3 key areas for VBP prep in Q4.Home health agencies are targeting key performance areas such as acute care hospitalization, emergency department use, care coordination and patient satisfaction in a bid to improve...

QA manager brings a down-to-earth approach clients, clinicians and coders find refreshing.With more than 20 years of experience in home health, Apryl Swafford knows the most complicated ins and outs of the business, the complexities of frequently changing regulations...

Too small to outsource? Agencies reconsider as margins tighten.Too small to outsource? Agencies reconsider as margins tighten For small home health agency owners battling rising labor and supply costs against a backlog of claims waiting to be...