Tag: Coding & OASIS

Resource Utilization Under PDGM: Key Patterns for Success.Smart resource allocation can make or break a home health agency under PDGM. While traditional visit patterns focused mainly on meeting minimum requirements, today’s most...

Top 10 OASIS Documentation Mistakes That Cost Agencies Money.Every missed assessment item and documentation error costs your home health agency money. The stakes have never been higher, with OASIS-E implementation and Value-Based Purchasing...

OASIS-E1 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-E1. 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...