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Grab A Sneak Peek At The Final OASIS C Form

Published on Wed Jun 03, 2009

Start laying your OASIS C plans now. The wait is nearly over for the drastically revamped OASIS form you'll start using in January. The federal Office of Management and Budget hasn't approved the final OASIS C form quite yet, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services officials said in a June 30 Open Door Forum for home care providers. But this month CMS will issue the all-but-OMB-approved final form in conjunction with new OASIS C data specifications in order to start software vendor training. The form CMS will issue for the July 15 and 22 vendor training sessions will be "as we project it will be finalized," explained CMS's Pat Sevast in the call that drew 440 participants. Of course, the form could still change pending final OMB approval. CMS also will issue a comparison of the old and new forms, Sevast said. "While the form will still be subject to [...]
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