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CMS Releases OASIS-C Guidance Manual Errata

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted an erratum with corrections to the OASIS-C Guidance Manual. Although it is dated December 10, the ten page document was released yesterday.
Find the document here.
Analysis of these changes will be available in next week’s edition of Homecare E-News, a weekly e-newsletter for homecare providers. Homecare [...]

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Login Changes to OASIS Submission System to Start Feb. 2010

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will be changing the way that agencies login to the OASIS Submission System and CASPER Reporting. The change marks a shift from a shared login to individual accounts, according to the CMS.
The current state-assigned shared login ID will be dissolved and all agency users will have to register [...]

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CMS Corrects Data Specifications

Since the posting of Revision 3 of the OASIS-C Version 2.00 Data Specifications, there have been several changes made. CMS has created an errata sheet, which documents and explains these changes.
The sheet was released on November 24 and lists all changes that were made to the data specifications up until this date. CMS states that [...]

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Final CMS OASIS-C National Provider Call: December 8

One week from today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a National Provider Call on the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS-C). The call is the third and final call in a series designed to help agencies and homecare professionals with the upcoming implementation.
The call takes place on Tuesday, December 8, [...]

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If the process measures on OASIS-C are not required, why fill them out?

Q: If the new process measures are not required, what is the incentive to fill out those sections of OASIS-C?
A: Although there is a response option “no” for an agency to opt out of completing new process measures data, the Centers for Medicine and Medicaid Services (CMS) will be capturing information about evidence-based practices (EBP) [...]

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