Is your agency’s care coordination making the grade?.From survey scrutiny to performance scores under Value-Based Purchasing, reasons are mounting for both home health and hospice agencies to structure regular care coordination...
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Read more about SimiTree analysts expect data to reflect sizeable jump in direct care mileage costSimiTree analysts expect data to reflect sizeable jump in direct care mileage cost.SimiTree data analysts expect incoming data for Q1 2022 to reflect the significant impact of explosive gas prices in March on home health and hospice agencies. Direct care mileage...
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Read more about Sequestration is back – with a 1 percent pay cutSequestration is back – with a 1 percent pay cut.Providers doing business with Medicare will get paid a little less for services rendered this month, as part of an incremental return to pre-COVID business-as-usual for a punitive...
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Read more about Expected increased survey scrutiny for unvaccinated agency staff
Expected increased survey scrutiny for unvaccinated agency staff.By Sheila Salisbury-Sizemore RN, BSN SimiTree Senior Manager, Compliance Now that the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS has retired the Focused...
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Read more about New transfer and discharge billing procedure for hospiceNew transfer and discharge billing procedure for hospice.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is issuing a new billing requirement to close the gap on hospice care and billing when a hospice patient transfers from one...
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Read more about How does your agency measure nursing productivity?How does your agency measure nursing productivity?.With the cost of skilled labor rising quarter over quarter, as we reported in the January issue of The Insider, agencies may be looking to maximize productivity from their...
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Read more about Staffing Shortage Forces Overtime ScrutinyStaffing Shortage Forces Overtime Scrutiny.Home health and hospice agencies scrambling to field workers under the pinch of a nationwide staffing shortage could be vulnerable to increased risk of wage and hour violations,...
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Read more about Defining Palliative Care: It’s Not Hospice LightDefining Palliative Care: It’s Not Hospice Light.By Maureen Kelleher RN, MBA Senior Manager Palliative Care is the care of patients with serious illness who have symptoms throughout the illness, not just at life’s...