OASIS Review – Home Health OASIS Review

M1400: When is the patient dyspneic or noticeably Short of Breath?

Item intent: Identifies the level of exertion/activity that results in a patient’s dyspnea or shortness of breath I’ll be straight up with you all right away. This item really, really frustrates me as a QA reviewer. This isn’t a new item, but it is very often scored incorrectly. Very often! I think there are someContinue reading “M1400: When is the patient dyspneic or noticeably Short of Breath?”

OASIS-E Home Health Data Set

The draft version of OASIS-E is here. Lots of changes are coming! It should be noted right away that this is the draft version and it is not finalized yet, so there are some changes that could happen before OASIS-E goes live on January 1st of 2021 January 1st of 2022. (The COVID pandemic hasContinue reading “OASIS-E Home Health Data Set”

M0102: Physician Ordered SOC or ROC

Do you know when a date should be entered in M0102 versus M0104? M0102 can be a very confusing item in the OASIS for some clinicians and agencies. What exactly is a physician-ordered start of care (or resumption of care) date? Some people make this item a lot more complicated than it needs to be.Continue reading “M0102: Physician Ordered SOC or ROC”

Welcome to the Blog!

Thanks for checking out this educational blog/website. My plan is to use this blog to educate clinicians on how they can get better at completing CMS’s dreaded Outcome and Assessment Information Set, better known as OASIS. You can learn more about the history of this data collection tool/instrument from the CMS.gov website. I also planContinue reading “Welcome to the Blog!”