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Countdown to PPS: Revised OASIS Chart Released, Changes to the PPS Final Rule Published in Federal...
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Dec 10th, 2007
CMS has released an updated chart that helps guide those completing OASIS through various situations they may face and how they should handle several issues related to the new PPS refinements on OASIS. The last several scenarios focus on the exceptions criteria previously announced that deal with...
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CMS Refines Major OASIS Changes Prior to Testing
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Nov 13th, 2007
CMS has refined the major changes it is expecting to make in OASIS (OASIS-C) based on comments submitted by VNAA and others. It has opened the form to one more round of comments before it tests in at 11 home health agencies in 2008. Based on the current schedule, the new OASIS-C is likely to be...
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The Future of OASIS and Hospice Patient Assessment
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Aug 27th, 2007
Members have suggested that we pull together what VNAA knows and can project about the future revisions to OASIS and the likelihood of standardized patient care assessments and quality measures in hospice. This brief summary may be useful in anticipating and planning for changes that are...
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CMS Unveils New OASIS for Comment and Testing
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Aug 6th, 2007
After over 4 years of waiting CMS has finally unveiled the most substantive revisions of OASIS since it was put in place in 1999. The new OASIS “C” is open for comment for the next 60 days and following OMB approval it will be tested in 11 agencies. It’s safe to assume that following testing and...
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Count-Down to the New PPS: Diagnostic Coding
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Jul 30th, 2007
The advent of the PPS system resulted in VNAs building necessary bridges between the business and clinical activities that were not critical under cost-based reimbursement. The revisions to the PPS are making communication and common understand between clinical and financial managers more important...
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CMS Proposes OASIS Changes to Accommodate New Medicare Home Health PPS Rules
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May 14th, 2007
At the same time as CMS formally proposed significant changes to HH PPS, they also proposed changes to the OASIS form to accommodate these changes. However, these changes are not included in the PPS rule.
Since most of the changes need to be in place before the PPS changes take effect, you...
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