OASIS Alert
Test Your OASIS C Savvy ...
Published on Thu Feb 04, 2010 
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Question: Our clinicians currently are using a validated falls risk assessment tool when evaluating new patients. Will this tool meet the requirements set forth in OASIS C? Has the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services endorsed one tool over another? Do you know the answer? Test your clinicians' knowledge of OASIS C before you turn to page 26 for the answer.
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