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Take These 7 OASIS C Steps In The Coming Weeks

Published on Mon Jan 04, 2010

M1308 could become one of your trickiest OASIS C challenges. Don't make the mistake of thinking your hard OASIS C work is over now that the Jan. 1 implementation date has passed -- it's only just starting. Heed this advice from OASIS experts to safeguard your reimbursement, outcomes, and compliance record in the first weeks of the transition to the new assessment tool: 1. Review OASIS. Now's the time to see how your OASIS C staff training is paying off. Review everyone's OASIS assessments, advises consultant Laura Gramenelles with Simione Consultantsin Westborough, Mass. Don't exempt your most skilled clinicians from a thorough OASIS review, Gramenelles cautions. "They're startingover," she points out. "Managers and QI people should be reviewing the OASIS assessments for completeness and consistency," recommends Judy Adams with Adams Home Care Consulting in Chapel Hill, N.C. "With all of the changes ... there will likely be issues, especially when using the [...]
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