OASIS:
Gear Up For New Process Items In OASIS C
Published on Fri Jul 17, 2009
Major OASIS changes could soon hit you square in the wallet, consultant predicts. While it's not quite time to start training staff on OASIS C yet, you should already be putting into play the new process items from the drastically revamped assessment form. Latest: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services received Office of Management and Budget approval of the OASIS C data set on July 27, CMS reports on its OASIS C Web site. CMS includes a 64-page crosswalk from the current OASIS B-1 data set to the new OASIS C one that will take effect Jan. 1. Changes from the 12.2 version of OASIS issued back in March and the 12.4 version approved by OMB are only "minor," notes consultant Lynda Laff with Laff Associates in Hilton Head Island, S.C. (For examples of the changes, see Eli's HCW, Vol. XVIII, No. 27, p. 202.) Home health agencies at [...]
