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Check Out Newly Revised OASIS C Manual

Published on Tue Jan 26, 2010

Plus: Don't abandon your old HHABN yet, CMS says in forum. The feds are eliminating at least one point of OASIS C confusion. Previously, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued an "errata" sheet making corrections to the OASIS C Guidance Manual. Agencies seeking correct guidance had to consult the errata, since the errors were still contained in the original manual. Now, CMS has made the changes to the manual itself, reported CMS's Robin Dowell in the Jan. 20 home health Open Door Forum. "The most recent manual includes those clarifications," Dowell explained in the forum that drew nearly 450 participants. The manual is available at www.cms.hhs.gov/HomeHealthQualityInits/14_HHQIOASISUserManual.asp under the "Downloads" section. Other issues addressed in the forum include: • CHOWs. Don't expect CMS to do your due diligence for you when it comes to the new change of ownership (CHOW) burdens (see Eli's HCW, Vol. XIX, No. 2, [...]
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