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Open Door Forum Makes OASIS-C Announcements

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) held an open door forum (ODF) for homecare, hospice, and durable medical equipment (DME) on Wednesday, September 28. The following are some OASIS-C highlights that may be of interest to homecare providers. HAVEN/OASIS grouper update The updated versions of HAVEN and the OASIS grouper are now available [...]

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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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OASIS Annoucements Made at April Open Door Forum

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) held an open door forum (ODF) for home health care, hospice, and durable medical equipment (DME) on Wednesday, April 13. The following are some OASIS highlights of the ODF that may be of interest. OASIS Updates CMS made three OASIS related announcements, including: The OASIS-C measure reporting [...]

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How to Use OASIS-C Data to Improve Quality

OASIS-C has been implemented for more than eight months, and homecare clinicians are still adjusting to the changes and focusing on its proper completion. As clinicians continue to develop a stronger understanding of how to complete the data set, it is important for homecare agencies to educate themselves on how to use the data that [...]

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Is CMS’ Mistake Coming Back to Haunt Homecare Providers?

You know that feeling. You just hit “send” on an e-mail and then realized it’s going to the wrong person. You try to recall it but once it’s out in cyberspace, it’s there forever. In February 2009, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released some erroneous guidance. It posted a correction on its [...]

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When completing an OASIS, do we compare the patient’s condition and age against other patients of the same age group?

Q: When completing an OASIS, do we compare the patient’s condition and age against other patients of the same age group? A: When completing an OASIS assessment, clinicians should perform an independent assessment of the patient’s condition, with no comparisons to other patients, situations or age groups. When CMS publishes outcomes, items used to compare [...]

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