OASIS-Central

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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Diabetic Foot Care: Patient Education

All patients with diabetes should receive basic foot care education at the start of care and the other time points indicted by OASIS-C based upon their risk assessment score as determined by agency policies. Reinforcement and retention assessment should occur at least as often as transfer of care or discharge. Basic foot care education for [...]

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Would “teaching” be considered “intervention” related to M1350?

Q: The change in M1350 relates to a lesion or wound “receiving intervention” by the agency. M2250b relates to diabetic foot care. My question is if the patient is diabetic and at risk for or has a diabetic foot ulcer, would we check “Yes” to M1350 if we are only going to teach on diabetic [...]

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