OASIS Alert
APRIL BRINGS SHOWERS, TAXES AND HOME HEALTH COMPARE
Agencies looking for the most bang for their buck should focus QI efforts on one or more of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' favorite outcomes. While three patient outcomes may receive the most publicity (see article 5) the remaining eight outcomes chosen for the home health quality improvement pilot project in eight states soon will be available for comparison online at www.medicare.gov under a new Home Health Compare section. The 11 comparison outcomes address the percentage of patients who: 2. Get better at bathing. 4. Get better at taking their medicines correctly (by mouth). 5. Get better at walking or moving around.
1. Get better at getting dressed.
3. Are confused less often.
6. Get better getting to and from the toilet.
7. Get better at getting in and out of bed.
8. Have less pain when moving around.
9. Stay the same (don't get worse) at bathing.
10. Need urgent unplanned medical care.
11. Had to be admitted to the hospital.
OASIS Alert
- OASIS Update:
BE ON GUARD FOR MORE SHIFTING SANDS SURROUNDING OASIS
The new OASIS data set may have received approval from the Office of Management and [...] - Reimbursement:
CONTINUOUS OR INTERMITTENT ASSISTANCE THATS THE M0670 KEY
Ask not if the patient bathes herself ask if she bathes herself safely. OASIS item [...] - Assessment:
EVEN IF YOURE NOT FROM MISSOURI, YOUR MOTTO SHOULD BE SHOW ME
An OASIS assessment should be a moving experience. If yours are all talk and no [...] - Quality Improvement:
EXTRA, EXTRA! YOUR PATIENTS MIGHT BE READING ALL ABOUT YOU
Some home health agencies are about to receive free publicity whether they want it or [...] - OBQI:
BATHING, AMBULATION AND MEDICATION MANAGEMENT COULD MAKE OR BREAK YOUR AGENCY
It may seem hard to describe what your agency does in three short phrases, but [...] - Diagnosis Coding:
DONT LET OPEN WOUND CODES HURT YOUR AGENCY
Your patient may consider her surgery traumatic, but the government doesn't. If your clinicians still [...] - OBQI:
APRIL BRINGS SHOWERS, TAXES AND HOME HEALTH COMPARE
Agencies looking for the most bang for their buck should focus QI efforts on one [...] - Therapy:
AUDIT THERAPY CHARTS FOR INCREASED REIMBURSEMENT
Answering M0825 incorrectly could have cost you $1,800 to $2,200 per claim but there's a [...] - Industry Notes:
FILTER PATIENT TALLY REPORTS FOR DATA YOU CAN USE
Think about coffee.You filter out the grounds and are left with the essence just like [...] - Reader Question:
CUT THROUGH SINGLE VISIT CONFUSION
Q: If we make only one home visit to a Medicare patient, do we still [...] - Training:
BURN/TRAUMA CODE FLOW CHART SPEEDS WOUND CODING
