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PUT THE BRAKES ON OASIS C PLANS

Published on Fri Feb 13, 2009

CMS pulls final OASIS C form off Web site. Just when home health agencies were getting ready to dig into the final OASIS C form, they'll have to wait a little longer. The Centers forMedicare &Medicaid Services recently posted its "tentative final" version of the drastically revamped OASIS tool on its Web site (see Eli's HCW, Vol. XVIII, No. 10, p. 74). That was earlier than many experts had predicted. But now CMS has rescinded that version, called Version 12.1. "Disregard Version 12.1 and look for a new posting pending the submission of a corrected document 12.2 to [the Office of Management and Budget] for a Federal Register Notice," CMS says on its Web site. The official rulemaking notice actually appeared in the Federal RegisterMarch 9, points out a CMS official. But CMS's Paperwork Reduction Act Web site, which will house the new version, hasn't been updated yet. The new [...]
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