The implementation of a new OASIS data set—OASIS-E—is set to begin in January for Medicare-certified home health providers. However, the exact date of transition from OASIS-D1 to OASIS-E depends on the M0090 date. As a reminder, the M0090 item captures the date the OASIS assessment is complete. It’s defined as the last date the comprehensive…
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High-Risk Drug Classes
As the new OASIS data set–OASIS-E—is approaching for implementation on January 1, 2023, Medicare-certified home health agencies must prepare their clinicians and quality assurance staff for the changes. One of the new items is N0415, High-Risk Drug Classes. This item identifies if the patient is taking any of six high-risk medications, and if there is…
OASIS-E Items
One of the proposed OASIS-E data items for next year is B1300-Health Literacy. This new item asks how often the patient needs to someone help them to read instructions, pamphlets, or other written material from their doctor or pharmacy. Possible answers range from “never” to “always” and includes options for the patient not being able…
OASIS-E
Home health agencies will be transitioning to a new OASIS data set, the OASIS-E, in January 2023. The IMPACT Act established in 2014 was designed to standardize post-acute care reporting data among various providers. SPADEs–Standardized Patient Assessment Data Elements—was a result of the IMPACT Act. CMS’ goal is to regulate quality measures across the post-acute…
OASIS-E & High-Risk Medications
Medicare-certified home health agencies will be required to implement the use of OASIS-E on January 1, 2023. An announcement by CMS last month stating the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) had approved the extension of OASIS-D until November 2024 was confusing to many of us. It seemed to directly contradict the Home Health Final…
