Home Health & Hospice Week
It's Official: Final OASIS C Form Approved
Providers wait anxiously for accompanying OASIS Manual update. If you took an advance look at the OASIS C form the feds released a few weeks ago for vendor training, you're one step ahead in your OASIS C preparation. That's because the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services received final approval from the Office of Management and Budget for OASIS version 12.4 on July 29. There are no changes from the draft form CMS had issued a few weeks earlier for training purposes (see Eli's HCW, Vol. XVIII, No. 26, p. 202). The OASIS C form continues to be on track for Jan. 1 implementation, CMS said in the Open Door Forum for home care providers that day. However, home health agencies will have to wait for the crucial item-by-item guidance on answering the new OASIS items. The instructions in the OASIS User's Manual formerly known as "Chapter 8" won't be released until mid-September, CMS confirmed to a caller. That will be after the state OASIS Education Coordinators (OEC) conference. Note: For a PDF copy of the version 12.4 OASIS C form, e-mail editor Rebecca Johnson at rebeccaj@eliresearch.com with "OASIS C July" in the subject line. To learn more about OASIS C and how to prepare for it now, sign up for these upcoming audioconferences at www.audioeducator.com or by calling 1-800-508-2582: "A Practical Guide to Digging Into the Details of OASIS C" (Sept. 22), "Prepare Now For The OASIS C Overhaul Coming January 2010" (Oct. 20).
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It's Official: Final OASIS C Form Approved
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