SimiTree Insider Articles

Supreme Court turns away 10-state challenge to vaccine mandate.A legal challenge to the COVID-19 health care worker vaccination mandate by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will not be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. On...

HQRP measures continue through FY2023.By Maureen Kelleher, RN, MBA SimiTree Senior Manager The FY2022 Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) contains four quality measures that capture care across the hospice stay.

What’s in your post-merger playbook?.Effective planning and integration services make for seamless transition Suspense keeps all eyes on the diligence phase when one company acquires or merges with another, with...

4 strategies for scaling RCM as your agency grows.By Lynn Labarta SimiTree VP, Revenue Cycle Management To be successful, home health and hospice agencies must generate revenue. However, that is only part of the puzzle in building...

OIG intensifies compliance focus.Medicare fraud and abuse investigations are on the rise, with SimiTree compliance and regulatory team reporting increased numbers of payment related audits and investigations, and...

What will change in VBP baseline year mean?.When the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the proposed home health payment rule for 2023, it included the expected implementation of a nationwide...

Are you making any of these 10 budgeting mistakes?.For most of the nation, autumn ushers in seasonal fun like football, bonfires, and pumpkin spice. But for those whose job requires developing the organizational budget for the...

Ready, set, succeed: 3 ways to address leaner margins expected in 2023.Home health and hospice providers are bracing for leaner margins in 2023, looking for ways to tighten productivity and set in place efficiencies to make a bottom-line...