Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) Implementation Manual: Implementing OASIS at a Home Health Agency to Improve Patient Outcomes. Revised (April 2001).

摘要

This manual is written for use by home health agencies implementing the Outcome and ASsessment Information Set (OASIS) as part of their patient specific comprehensive assessment. This implementation is occurring in the context of a modification to the Medicare Conditions of Participation (CoPs) promulgated by the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) in two new rules. One regulation requires home care agencies to conduct a patient-specific comprehensive assessment that includes the use of OASIS as a standard core data set at specified time points. The second new rule regards the electronic reporting of OASIS data by home care agencies to a state agency designated by HCFA. These final rules were published in the Federal Register (Vol. 64, No. 15) on January 25, 1999, with modifications subsequently published in the Federal Register (Vol. 64, No. 117) on June 18, 1999. Additional changes to the rules became effective with the Prospective Payment System (PPS) for Medicare beneficiaries that was implemented October 1, 2000 (see Federal Register, Vol. 65, No. 128, July 3, 2000). This manual is written expressly for HHA agency staff who implement the use of OASIS as a uniform core data set for patient assessment and outcome measurement followed by computerization and reporting of OASIS data to the State agency.