Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Note:
Don't Overlook This Important Consideration When Scoring GG0130E
Published on Fri Sep 06, 2019
Clinicians continue to struggle with completing the new GG OASIS questions. For example: “For GG0130E — Shower/bathe self, is the patient’s ability to cover wounds or devices to protect them from getting wet considered?” one home health agency asked in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ latest quarterly questions and answers. “Assistance for covering wounds or devices for water protection during bathing would be considered part of the setup or clean-up process, assuming no assistance with the water protection device/strategy was needed during the bathing process,” CMS clarifies in the Q&As issued in July.
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