OASIS-Central

Putting Best Practices into Action

When OASIS was created, its purpose was to measure and manage patient outcomes. With the implementation of OASIS-C, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will now be measuring an agency’s use of evidence-based practice (EBP). CMS believes that including EBP, which, based on current research, have been known to prevent exacerbation of serious [...]

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How does OASIS-C address falls?

Q: How does OASIS-C address falls and what is the official definition of a fall? A: OASIS-C addresses falls in three areas. M1910 asks whether the patient has had a multi-factor fall risk assessment M2250 asks whether the physician-ordered plan of care includes fall prevention interventions M2400 asks whether interventions to prevent falls were ordered [...]

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