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Data Element Spotlight: M2400

M2400, intervention synopsis: (Check only one box in each row) Since the previous OASIS assessment, were the following interventions both included in the physician-ordered plan of care and implemented? This item identifies whether specific interventions, focusing on specific problems, were both included on the plan of care and implemented since the last OASIS assessment The [...]

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I understand that many agencies are creating either a new form or verbal start of care order that incorporates M2250. Is this really necessary?

Q: I understand that many agencies are creating either a new form or verbal start of care order that incorporates M2250. Is this really necessary? Not all items in M2250 are going to be relevant (answered “yes”) for every patient. At start of care, when we report to the physician our findings and the projected [...]

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Which OASIS version do we use for discharge?

Q: This question is in regard to the OASIS-C and discharge. When we discharge our current patients with a start of care date in November and December 2009,  do we use the OASIS-B1 or OASIS- C? Synergy is telling us to use OASIS-C, but how can we answer questions we never answered in the original [...]

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Recognizing the Plan of Care Key to Completion of M2250, M2400

If someone asked clinicians about the most difficult or confusing data element in the OASIS-C data set, it’s likely there would be a tie for first place: M2250, plan of care synopsis, and M2400, intervention synopsis. Homecare DIRECTION will help ease some of the confusion by looking at when to complete these data elements and [...]

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