OASIS-D and the Comprehensive Assessment

OASIS-D and the Comprehensive Assessment is organized by Nurse.com - OnCourse Learning Corporation.

Course Originally Released on: 01/28/2019
Date of Most Recent Review: 1/28/2019
Course Termination/ Update Date: 01/31/2023

Description: 
OASIS stands for Outcome and Assessment Information Set. It is a data set of around 100 items that are used to assess home care patients. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Conditions of Participation for home health agencies requires a comprehensive assessment of patients that includes the OASIS data set for all Medicare/Medicaid non-maternity adult patients receiving intermittent skilled care. (Some insurers and agencies use the OASIS to assess all their patients.) This continuing education program introduces the OASIS data set, its relationship to a comprehensive patient assessment, and how the OASIS is used for assessment, care planning, quality improvement, and agency reimbursement.

Goal and Learning Outcomes :
The goal of this continuing education program is to provide home healthcare clinicians with information about accurate assessment and data collection using the Outcomes and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) to promote optimal assessment, patient-specific care planning, quality measurement, and appropriate reimbursement. After studying the information presented here, you will be able to:
• Describe the OASIS and its role in assessment and care planning
• Identify terms related to an OASIS assessment
• State the strict conventions mandated for completing OASIS items
• Discuss the relationship between the Conditions of Participation for Home Health Agencies, the comprehensive assessment, and the OASIS data set 
• Identify the quality and reimbursement purposes of the OASIS assessment