1. Industry Leader in Home Health Revenue Cycle Management

    Interim managers fill gap in tight labor market.Filling the gap in a tight labor market New solution emerging for leader shortage in home-based care Some economic indicators are cautiously pointing to an abatement of The Great...

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  2. SIM Final Rule Post

    CMS Issues Final Rule For Home Health.CMS issues final rule for home health In a move many home health providers are viewing as more treat than a trick, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the...

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  3. Agencies Target 3 Key Areas for VBP Preparation in Q4 SimiTree

    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...

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  4. Clinical Diligence is the No. 1 Deal Killer SimiTree

    What’s the No. 1 deal killer?.In the world of mergers, acquisitions and consolidation, the path to signing the deal is fraught with thorny complications that can bog down the process, open a Pandora’s box of...

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  5. Medicare Advantage Plans Will Participate in its VBID Model SimiTree

    Shift in payors brings more work to billers.Agencies could be blindsided by new staffing demands A new dynamic is shaping up in the back offices of agencies of all sizes, where billers are seeing ballooning workloads based...

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  6. MA Plans Account for Quarter of Revenue SimiTree

    MA plans account for quarter of revenue.Medicare Advantage is projected by industry advocacy groups to be the dominant form of Medicare within the next two years, and SimiTree data analysts say MA plans already account...

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  7. 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...

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  8. HQRP Measures Continue Through FY2023 SimiTree

    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.

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