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Can a subcontractor physical therapist complete the OASIS or recertification?

Q: Can a subcontractor physical therapist do a therapy start of care OASIS if they are the only modality in? Can a subcontractor physical therapist do the OASIS or recertification? A: §484.14 (a) of the Home Health Conditions of Participation allow an agency to provide skilled, qualifying services under arrangement (contract) as long as the [...]

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What is the time frame for including interventions?

Q: I believe that when answering M2400, the clinician only looks at interventions since the last OASIS. This  includes the recertification OASIS. We have many long-term stable patients under Medicaid that we are seeing monthly or sometimes more often (e.g., med prefills). In these cases, many of the interventions were done months or even years [...]

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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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Can you recertify a patient without performing a SN visit?

The recertification OASIS comprehensive assessment requires a physical visit to the patient’s home. This assessment may be completed by the RN, PT, SLP or OT.

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