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Take These 8 Steps To Tackle OASIS C Hotspots

Published on Tue Jan 19, 2010

Tame the paper tiger with CMS's item-by-item guidance. If you're like many agencies, OASIS C is giving you headaches due to the integumentary section, look back items, physician notification questions, and more (see Eli's HCW, Vol. XIX, No. 7, p. 50). Making OASIS C work for your agency may seem overwhelming, but heeding this expert advice will put your feet on the path to mastery of the new patient assessment tool: 1. Focus on training. Agency managers should be thinking three words, says Kathleen Anderson with the Ohio Council for Home Care and Hospice -- "education, education, education." OASIS C "changes are complex and it is vital the agencies get it right," Anderson says. "It is well worth the investment of providing education to agency employees." Now's the time to load up on the education efforts, experts advise. Since clinicians are now actually using the tool, the education sessions should pack [...]
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