Home Health Pocket Guide to Oasis-c1: A Reference for Field Staff

Home Health Pocket Guide to Oasis-c1: A Reference for Field Staff

<P>Help your home health agency maintain regulatory compliance by implementing the OASIS data set transitions with convenience and ease using the <b><i>Home Health Pocket Guide to OASIS-C1: A Reference for Field Staff.</b></i> This updated book supplies homecare providers with the latest information they need to know about the revised OASIS-C1 data set implementation requirements for January and October 2015. Designed to enable field staff to bring along and complete the OASIS-C1 assessments at a patient's bedside, the book provides helpful guidance for each assessment type and M item change to ensure documentation standards are upheld and proper reimbursement is obtained for every patient.<P> <P><b>This handy pocket guide provides:</b><P> - Convenient access to OASIS guidance; use this travel-sized pocket guide while filling out the assessment at the bedside<BR> - Plain English guidance with step-by-step instructions for filling out each OASIS-C1 item to help staff easily improve their OASIS documentation<BR> - An explanation of how OASIS items fit into various assessments<BR> - A breakdown of how the data collection affects reimbursement<BR> - Troubleshooting tips to avert incorrect payment, denials, and fines<BR> - Compliance at any time our pocket guide offers information about the revised implementation requirements for January <i>and</i> October 2015<P> <P><b>Table of Contents:</b><P> <P>Section 1: OASIS-C1 Overview: Summary of eliminated, modified, and new data elements<BR> <BR>Section 2: What's New: Two-Step Implementation Method to Compliment ICD-10<BR> <BR>Section 3: The Comprehensive Assessment and OASIS-C1<BR> <BR>Section 4: Reimbursement Effect of OASIS-C1<BR> <BR>Section 5: OASIS-C1 and Outcomes<BR> <BR>Section 6: Patient Tracking Sheet<BR> <BR>Section 7: Start of Care and Resumption of Care Assessments<BR> <BR>Section 8: Follow-Up and Other Follow-Up Assessments<BR> <BR>Section 9: Transfer and Discharge Assessments<BR> <BR>Section 10: Step by Step: General instructions for completion of the OASIS-C