Tag: Coding & OASIS

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...

SimiTree Announces Strategic Leadership Promotion: Tiffany Fuller Appointed as Senior Vice President.[January 16, 2024] Hamden, CT— SimiTree, a leading provider of tech-enabled specialty revenue cycle management (RCM), coding, professional services, data analytics, and talent...

SimiTree Announces Promotions in Coding & OASIS Division.FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [July 24, 2023] Hamden, CT – SimiTree, a leading healthcare consulting firm, today announced two promotions in its Coding & OASIS Division. Marti Holthus...

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...

QA manager brings a down-to-earth approach clients, clinicians and coders find refreshing.With more than 20 years of experience in home health, Apryl Swafford knows the most complicated ins and outs of the business, the complexities of frequently changing regulations...