Home Health & Hospice Week
OASIS:
Focus On These 8 PDGM-Impacting OASIS Items
Published on Thu Nov 08, 2018
Accuracy will be paramount. These OASIS items will make up PDGM functional levels: M1800: Grooming. Source: Home Health Prospective Payment System 2019 final rule.
M1810: Current Ability to Dress Upper Body.
M1820: Current Ability to Dress Lower Body.
M1830: Bathing.
M1840: Toilet Transferring.
M1850: Transferring.
M1860: Ambulation/Locomotion.
M1033 Risk of Hospitalization (at least four responses checked, excluding #8, #9, and #10).
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