OASIS Alert
Cover Your Bases with a Solid Correction Policy
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What will you do when the assessing clinician is unavailable to sign off? A workable OASIS correction policy can help prepare your agency for a variety of situations. But don't hem yourself in to a standard you can't meet. You'll want to study all the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regulations and guidelines and consult legal counsel before finalizing your agency's policy. Remember to establish: Policy on OASIS corrections If OASIS information is missing or incorrect, other agency personnel responsible for editing the OASIS data may, after consulting with the qualified clinician who completed the assessment, make additions/corrections prior to locking and transmitting the data. Clerical and billing staff can make changes/corrections to the OASIS tracking M0010-M0069, M0140-M0150. However, these changes may not be made to the signed assessment form. Rather they should be documented as separate notation or on a separate form that must be included in the clinical record. For agencies on Point of Care, the clinician will verify accuracy within the electronic medical record. In the event the clinician is not available to discuss recommendations (vacation, medical leave, no longer with the agency), the reviewer will discuss recommendations with the Branch manager to determine if there are non assessment OASIS items for which the Branch Manager can authorize changes. The reviewer makes only agreed upon changes to OASIS. If there are any OASIS recommendations the clinician does not agree to, these are documented in the electronic health record notes/conference/coordination section. The reviewer will record all recommendations, whether agreed to or not.
OASIS Alert
- Item Focus:
M2250: Get All the Credit You Deserve for Plan of Care Best Practices
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Simplify Plan of Care Synopsis with a Fax Template
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Bolster Documentation to Keep Long-Stay HTN Claims Secure
Do you know which OASIS data items can help you prevent HTN denials?If you're listing [...] - Corrections:
Make Changes to OASIS Assessments Correctly or Pay a Heavy Price
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Don't Risk Case Mix Points for CAD
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Secure Angina Pectoris Details for CAD in ICD-10
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Don't Read into 'Or' with Moist Wound Healing
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