SimiTree Insider Articles

12 Tips for Managing Medicare Advantage Contracts.The bargaining table is the new frontier for home health and hospice agencies seeing increasing numbers of patients with Medicare Advantage plans. At stake are ramifications for...

A 2022 roadmap to Value-Based Purchasing in 2023.By Charles M. Breznicky, RN, MSN, MBA, HSC-D Director, Clinical Consulting  Lower costs and better outcomes are driving the nationwide expansion of the Home Health Value...

NOA and Crossover Periods of Care: It’s Complicated.Glad to see the no-pay RAP gone, replaced by a new Notice of Admission (NOA)? Looking forward to filing the NOA only once between start of care and discharge instead of every 30...

Home health, hospice labor costs rising steadily.Home health and hospice agencies are steadily paying higher labor costs to deliver quality care and retain skilled nursing staff as the COVID-19 pandemic heads into another year...

Gross margin impact for 2022: Sequestration, rising wages and new IRS mileage rates.A three-month extension of the sequestration suspension and rising costs for doing business, particularly in the area of wages and transportation, are among factors likely to shape...

9 Important Hospice Changes for 2022.By Maureen Kelleher RN, MBA Senior Manager  As we head into the new year, hospice providers should take note of nine new survey and enforcement provisions established in 2021...

Staffing Scramble 2022.New year ushers in new worries about staffing shortages, how the vaccine mandate could impact the situation – and some opportunities to get creative. From court-challenged vaccine...