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BLAZE A TRAIL THROUGH THE INFORMATION BLIZZARD

Published on Thu May 01, 2003 Print Friendly and PDF PDF

Sick and tired of spending hours online hunting down information about OASIS? Here are the essential Internet addresses for finding those elusive OASIS answers:

  • CMS publications (manuals, forms and consumer publications): http://www.cms.hhs.gov/publications/

  • CMS quarterly regulatory update for home health providers: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/providerupdate/hha.asp

  • Federal Register Online: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html

  • Provider Reimbursement Review Board appeals information: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/providers/prrb/prrb.asp

  • Open Door Forums for home health: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/opendoor/homehealth-hospice.asp

  • Home Health Quality Initiative (Home Health Compare overview, QIO and surveyor info): http://www.cms.hhs.gov/quality/hhqi/

  • Instructions for accessing OBQI and OBQM reports: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/oasis/222hhagd.pdf

  • Clearinghouse for OBQI information from quality improvement organizations: http://www.obqi.org/

  • Quality improvement contacts in every state: http://www.ahqa.org

  • OASIS regulations: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/oasis/hhregs.asp

  • OASIS-B1 data set (effective 12/2002): http://www.cms.hhs.gov/oasis/oasisdat.asp

  • HAVEN software (fixes, updates, technical support info): http://www.cms.hhs.gov/oasis/havensof.asp

  • OASIS data submission specifications version 1.30: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/oasis/datasubm.asp

  • OASIS user manual (including data submission system guide and HAVEN reference manual): http://www.cms.hhs.gov/oasis/usermanu.asp

  • OASIS and OBQI background information, including explanation of risk adjustment: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/providers/hha/default.asp

  • OASIS Education Coordinators (phone numbers and e-mail): http://www.cms.hhs.gov/oasis/hhoec.pdf

  • OASIS Automation Coordinators (for help with technical issues): http://www.cms.hhs.gov/oasis/hhoac.pdf

  • PPS and OASIS (including link to Excel spreadsheet for determining recertification dates): http://www.cms.hhs.gov/oasis/oasispps.asp

  • OASIS questions and answers (more than 250): http://questions.cms.hhs.gov/cgi-bin/cmshhs.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php?p_cat_lvl1=3&p_cat_lvl2=33

  • CMS guidance to state surveyors: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/medicaid/ltcsp/ltcmemos.asp

  • Official guidelines for coding: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/icd9/icdguide.pdf

     

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