SPADE, Transfer of Health items set to debut. Check out the list of items slated to be added or dropped in the forthcoming OASIS-E version. IMPACT Act Standardized Assessment Patient Data Elements (SPADE) items added: Cognitive Function C0100 Should Brief [...]
But 2 items’ collection and reporting will increase under OASIS-D1. The Patient-Driven Groupings Model won’t use 19 currently collected OASIS items at followup, so you won’t have to collect or report their data at that time point. The items that [...]
Dropped measures will come with OASIS changes. Medicare continues to focus on fine-tuning its quality reporting program for home health agencies, according to the new 2019 Home Health Prospective Payment System proposed rule. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [...]
Don’t put CDC guidance aside, despite reworked vaccine items. The four OASIS influenza and Pneumococcal vaccine items will support items the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will consider under Value-Based Purchasing. Make certain you’re answering these questions correctly, or [...]
Don’t put CDC guidance aside, despite re-worked vaccine items. The four OASIS influenza and Pneumococcal vaccine items will support items the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will consider under Value-Based Purchasing. Make certain you’re answering these items correctly, or [...]
Agencies now have 24 measures to manage under the pilot. The 2016 HH PPS final rule gives home health agencies the information they’ve been waiting on for months — the final list of starter measures for Value-Based Purchasing. The Centers [...]
8 of the measures aren’t on Home Health Compare. Home health agency commenters took aim at many of the 29 measures proposed for the home health Value-Based Purchasing model. HHAs in the nine pilot states will be graded — on [...]
Would your scores on these measures put you in the prize or penalty pool? Home health agencies may not be happy about some of the measures the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is proposing for inclusion in the Value-Based [...]
Do you know the ropes of the new vaccine items? The flu vaccine items aren’t the only inoculation questions to get a welcome makeover for the OASIS-C1/ICD-9. You’ll also see changes to the pneumonia vaccine items that make them clearer [...]
The flu vaccine items aren’t the only inoculation questions to get a welcome makeover for the OASIS-C1/ICD-9. You’ll also see changes to the pneumonia vaccine items that make them clearer and easier to answer. Old item M1050 — Pneumococcal Vaccine [...]
