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Lu Post, RN, MN, COS-C, is president of Home Care Institute, LLC, a technology-based company with a focus on the development of home care and hospice educational resources. She is certified as a clinical OASIS Specialist from the OASIS Certificate and Competency Board, Inc. Lu earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Georgia State University and her master’s degree as a clinical nurse specialist from Emory University in Atlanta. She has served in a variety of senior leadership and educational roles in some of the largest home care and hospice organizations in the country for over 20 years.
If a registered nurse opens the case and the patient was referred to PT, but the PT wasn’t able to do the evaluation within the 5-day assessment period, can the RN indicate “006″ on M2200?
Q: If a registered nurse opens the case and the patient was referred to physical therapy, but the therapist wasn’t able to do the evaluation within the 5-day assessment period, can the RN indicate “006″ on M2200? Or should they leave “000″?
A: If a registered nurse completes the start of care assessment, it would be [...]
Can an RN complete a Discharge OASIS as a non-visit discharge if a therapist made the last home visit?
Tue, Aug 31, 2010
Q: Can a registered nurse complete a Discharge OASIS as a non-visit discharge if a therapist made the last home visit?
A: It would be acceptable for a registered nurse to complete the Discharge OASIS comprehensive assessment as part of a non-billable visit, if a therapist made the last home visit. Assessment data would reflect the [...]
Can you please explain M0016? How should this be completed?
Thu, Aug 26, 2010
Q: Can you please explain M0016. How should this be completed?
A: M0016 specifies the branch identification code, as assigned by CMS. The identifier consists of 10 digits – the State code as the first two digits, followed by Q (upper case), followed by the last four digits of the current Medicare provider number, ending [...]
If you are doing a ROC assessment in the middle of the episode, should you answer M0110 “NA”- No Medicare case mix group to be defined by this assessment?
Tue, Aug 24, 2010
Q: If you are doing a ROC assessment in the middle of the episode, should you answer M0110 “NA”- No Medicare case mix group to be defined by this assessment? I believe this is the correct answer since there are no SCIC adjustments, but have not been able to get a clear answer. We do [...]
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If the answer to the depression screening, M1730 is positive and the agency does not have psychiatric services, besides notification to the MD and a referral for MSW, what process should be in place for follow up?
Wed, Aug 18, 2010
Q: If the answer to the depression screening, M1730 is positive and the agency does not have psychiatric services, besides notification to the MD and a referral for MSW, what process should be in place for follow up? Should there be additional screening tools used such as the PHQ-9? Is it the nurse or the [...]
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When a occupational therapist completes the OASIS-C discharge assessment what OASIS is used?
Wed, Aug 4, 2010
Q: When a occupational therapist completes the OASIS-C discharge assessment what OASIS is used? The one for physical therapy or the standard one?
A: Agency-specific policy determines which discipline-specific assessment is completed at each time point by each clinician. The OASIS items within this comprehensive assessment are the same regardless of the discipline completing the assessment.
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