OASIS Alert
EDUCATION:
It's The Infusion That's Important
Published on Mon Nov 13, 2006 
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True or False: When another pro-vider is giving a patient infusion therapy at home, the clinician should still count that as intravenous or infusion therapy on M0250 (Therapies the patient receives at home). Answer: True. You need to answer only one question to determine whether an infusion counts as IV or infusion therapy for M0250, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services says in its OASIS questions and answers. That is, "Is the patient receiving the therapy at home?" Who ad-ministers the therapy is not important.
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