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CMS Releases OASIS-C Guidance Manual Errata

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted an errata sheet that lists revisions to the OASIS-C Guidance Manual since December 2009. Find the document here.

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If the patient is discharged from Medicare and we check response 0, able to ambulate independently, in M1860, ambulation, will we set ourselves up for an audit because the patient is not homebound?

Q: If the patient is discharged from Medicare and we check response 0, able to ambulate independently, in M1860, ambulation, will we set ourselves up for an audit because the patient is not homebound? A: An agency’s goal is for patients to improve, to become as independent as possible. Given that the Centers for Medicare [...]

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What do we do if our software program does not ask for onset or exacerbation?

Q: OASIS-C does not require dates of onset or exacerbation of diagnosis. However in the CMS-485, the dates of onset or exacerbation are indicated. What do we do if the software program does not ask for onset or exacerbation? A: The original instructions for completing the CMS-485 plan of care included reporting the date of [...]

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CMS Conversion to Personal Logins Under Way

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is in the process of implementing a new way to log in to the OASIS Submission System and CASPER Reports. In the past, the login used has always been a shared login, but now agency users will be required to register for personal login IDs. The shared agency [...]

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Physicians and Homecare, Part II: Care Management 2010

OASIS-C and RACs place an agency’s care processes in the spotlight, especially those involving care management and collaboration with physicians. Relationship to OASIS-C The OASIS-C also addresses connections between agency clinicians and physicians and has generated much discussion about the best ways an agency can manage the care processes that the initiative will measure. The [...]

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Best Practice vs. Covered service

As you review the OASIS-C data set questions encouraging agencies to implement EBP for diabetic foot care, you may find yourself asking a question. Will Medicare cover diabetic foot care performed by a nurse, assuming that all other Medicare coverage criteria are met? Many agencies have a policy mandating that a registered nurse perform foot [...]

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