Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
Oasis:
Don't Forget These OASIS Changes
Published on Thu Jun 15, 2006
What you need to know about the new regulation The OASIS regulation that took effect June 21 includes other changes besides eliminating the seven-day lock requirement, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice reminds providers.
The regulation:
• requires OASIS data submission within 30 days of the completion date in M0090;
• adds a new optional field for the NPI;
• issues a warning for a value of "00" in the primary diagnosis severity code item (M0230);
• adds consistency checks for ulcers and wounds; and
• adds a consistency check between the Medicaid ID item (M0012) and the State ID item in the header record.
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