OASIS
Medicare-certified home health agencies are required to use a standard set of data items, known as OASIS (Outcome and Assessment Information Set) as part of a comprehensive assessment for all patients who are receiving skilled care that is reimbursed by Medicare. OASIS data form the basis for patient case-mix profile reports and patient outcome reports that are used by home health agencies for quality improvement and quality monitoring purposes.
- OASIS-C and Medication Management Strategies Seminar
NYAHSA is hosting an audio seminar for home care agencies
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- Home Health, Hospice and DME Open Door Forum
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services "Open Door Forums" provide an opportunity for live dialogue between CMS and the provider community at large, in order to understand and then help find solutions to contemporary program issues.
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- Home Health Compare
This tool gives detailed information about Medicare-certified home health agencies.
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- Home Care Quality Measures
There are currently 41 Home Health Quality Measures that are included in the HHA OBQI Outcome Reports.
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- Outcome-Based Quality Improvement (OBQI) Implementation Manual
This 10-chapter manual describes the OASIS-based reports that are available through the state OASIS system. This manual is written for HHA staff who wish to learn how to read and interpret the OBQI reports, and who wish to implement the outcome enhancement activities of OBQI in response to the outcome reports.
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- Adverse Event Outcome - OBQM - Outcome Based Quality Management
One of the new publicly reported measures is known to home health agencies as an adverse event. The Agency Adverse Event Outcome Report, displays incidence rates for infrequent untoward events (outcomes) comparing the agency to a reference sample.
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- OASIS C Educational Resources
CMS sponsored a 3-part series of National "Train the Trainer" conference calls on topics related to OASIS-C during October, November and December 2009.
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- OASIS User Manual
The OASIS-C Guidance manual (September, 2009) is a streamlined and updated version of the original OASIS Implementation Manual. It is available on the “Downloads” section.
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