Date stamping, increased audits, claims deadlines also addressed in forum. It may be later than you like, but you can now access Medicare OASIS C training online. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has posted four OASIS C training sessions on youtube, CMS's Robin Dowell said in the Dec. 1 Open Door Forum for home care providers. The sessions focus on process-based quality improvement (PBQI) measures; the intervention synopsis (M2400); the plan of care synopsis (M2250); and the falls risk assessment (M1910). The four videos total about 1.5 hours of training time, Dowell told forum attendees. You can find them by searching for "OASIS C process items" at youtube.com, or web addresses for the sessions are on CMS's site at
www.cms.gov/HomeHealthQualityInits/05_HHQISpotlight.asp. Plus: Get ready for a new version of the OASIS C Guidance Manual. CMS is updating the manual with the errata sheets it's issued this year, plus [...]