Author Archives | Casey Ramsdell
Casey Ramsdell has written 124 posts on OASIS-Central.
Casey is an associate editor at Beacon Health, the homecare division of HCPro,Inc. She serves as the editor of Beacon Health's newsletter for administrators Homecare Administrator, contributes to Beacon's print and electronic publications, moderates audio conferences, and manages OASIS-Central. Casey has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Northeastern University in Boston.
Reminder: M1012 No Longer Required by CMS
OASIS-C data element M1012, “List each Inpatient Procedure and the associated ICD-9-CM procedure code relevant to the plan of care”, is no longer required by CMS for payment, quality measure development, or risk adjustment. An accurate response to this measure does not matter, but a response must be entered. Agency policy and private vendors may [...]
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Post-acute care: Have you created your ICD-10 implementation plan?
Mon, Jul 18, 2011
Editor’s note: When we launched OASIS-Central in late 2009, we set out to provide you with a continuous flow of relevant and timely information that would help you stay abreast of key changes, important updates and best practices all related to OASIS-C. Now there is another major change that the healthcare industry is bracing itself [...]
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Closed Stage III and IV Pressure Ulcers
Mon, Jun 27, 2011
Stage III and IV pressure ulcers can re-epithelialize and close, but they never completely heal. That has an impact on OASIS-C reporting. Apply these pointers in documenting closed Stage III and IV pressure ulcers: Answer “yes” to M1306. The patient will always have at least one unhealed pressure ulcer at Stage II or higher. At [...]
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Data Element Review:M2000
Fri, Jun 10, 2011
M2000, drug regimen review: Does a complete drug regimen review indicate potential clinically significant medication issues (e.g., drug reactions, ineffective drug therapy, side effects, drug interactions, duplicate therapy, omissions, dosage errors, or noncompliance)? This item is used to calculate process measures to capture the agency’s use of best practices related to medications The item includes [...]
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Home health aides: Their role in OASIS-C best practices, Part II
Wed, Jun 8, 2011
Pain Aides can check the care plan for any specific pain management instructions. Other assistance an aide can provide includes: Helping the patient with good body positioning. Make certain that positions relieve pressure and rest the area where pain is located. Pacing and planning the activities the patient needs to complete. The aide may need [...]
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Home health aides: Their role in OASIS-C best practices
Thu, Jun 2, 2011
Of all staff members, the home health aide may have the most time and intimate contact with the patients home health agencies serve. It is the home health aide’s observation and reporting of symptoms that often allows the earliest detection of changes in the patient’s health status. Because of this, home health aides play a [...]
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