Category: OASIS-E
CMS Releases 2025 Home Health Final Rule & Quality Update
By Jennifer Osburn, RN, HCS-D, COS-C / Posted on: November 12, 2024The much-anticipated 2025 Home Health Final Rule was posted Friday, November 1, 2024, and includes applicable changes for implementation in calendar year (CY) 2025 and beyond.
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CMS Releases Preview Annual Performance Reports for the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model
By Melinda Gaboury / Posted on: August 26, 2024CMS has recently released the Preview Annual Performance Reports for the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model. You can access these reports in the iQIES system, where you’ve been reviewing the Interim Performance Reports (IPR). This Preview Report introduces, for the first time, the percentage calculations showing how your 2023 results will affect your 2025 payments.
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Understanding the Impact OASIS Section GG Changes will have on Home Health Agencies
By Melinda Gaboury / Posted on: August 12, 2024The GG section of the OASIS is about to have a huge impact on all home health agencies through the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model. The GG items on the OASIS document have been included for several years and were originally taken from the SNF Assessment.
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Interim Performance Reports (IPR) July 2024 Update Released
By Melinda Gaboury / Posted on: July 29, 2024Last week, the July update to the Interim Performance Reports (IPR) was released, marking the first time, data from all of 2023 has been included in the reports. The data covers all 12 months for every measure in Value-Based Purchasing.
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2025 Home Health Proposed Rule Clarifies Mandatory OASIS Requirements
By Melinda Gaboury / Posted on: July 15, 2024On June 26, CMS released the 2025 Home Health Proposed Rule. Among the changes in this proposed rule include updates to OASIS requirements that will become mandatory in 2025.
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Jennifer Osburn Joins Healthcare Provider Solutions Team as Clinical Consultant
By Melinda Gaboury / Posted on: March 20, 2024Healthcare Provider Solutions (HPS), a leader in providing billing, coding, and clinical services to the home health and hospice industries for over 22 years has welcomed Jennifer Osburn to their team as a Clinical Consultant. Jennifer will be focusing on OASIS E & Coding education to home health agencies across the nation. In addition she will be available to agencies for operations and clinical case management consulting.
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Release of New OASIS-E1 Draft Details Several Upcoming Changes
By Melinda Gaboury / Posted on: January 8, 2024A draft of the new OASIS-E1 has been released. This revised version is set to take effect on January 1, 2025.
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Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model Changes Effective 2025
By Melinda Gaboury / Posted on: November 27, 2023The Home Health Final Rule for 2024 that was published at the beginning of November contained many changes – including ones that will specifically impact the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model in 2025.
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2024 Home Health Final Rule Released
By Melinda Gaboury / Posted on: November 13, 2023The Home Health Final Rule for 2024 was published on November 1, 2023, and with it comes many changes. The outlined changes in the 531-page document will go into effect starting on January 1, 2024.
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Preview Reports Released for the January 2024 Home Health Quality Reporting Program Care Compare Refresh
By Melinda Gaboury / Posted on: October 16, 2023In this week’s Monday Minute, we discuss the recent release of preview reports for the Home Health Quality Reporting Program, which will be used for the Care Compare data refresh in January 2024.
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OIG Report Focuses on the Lack of Accurate OASIS Documentation of Falls with Major Injury
By Melinda Gaboury / Posted on: September 25, 2023In this Monday Minute, we discuss the latest OIG report which focuses on the accurate OASIS documentation of fall related injuries.
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Discussing the January 2023 Quarterly OASIS-E Q&A (VIDEO)
By Melinda Gaboury / Posted on: January 30, 2023In this week’s Monday Minute, we discuss questions that were asked in the quarterly OASIS-E Q&A released on January 17, 2023.
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CMS Updates to the OASIS-E Guidance Manual (VIDEO)
By Melinda Gaboury / Posted on: December 12, 2022In this week’s Monday Minute, we discuss the update to the OASIS-E Guidance Manual that was released by CMS in December 2022.
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Implementation of OASIS-E and High Level Changes to the Data Set (VIDEO)
By Melinda Gaboury / Posted on: October 10, 2022This Monday Minute reviews highlights of the instruction for completion of some of the new items in OASIS-E and other changes to the Data Set.
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OASIS-E Highlighted Changes (VIDEO)
By Melinda Gaboury / Posted on: July 25, 2022This Minute will review, at a very high level, some significant changes involved with OASIS-E implementation.
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OASIS-E Implementation is Imminent! (VIDEO)
By Melinda Gaboury / Posted on: June 10, 2022This Minute will provide a high-level overview of the release of the OASIS E Guidance Manual and the significance of starting education NOW!
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OASIS-E – Coming January 2023 (VIDEO)
By Melinda Gaboury / Posted on: March 7, 2022This Monday Minute will provide a reminder about the swift approaching implementation of OASIS-E.
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