{"ref":"OH-HH-ASM-02","title":"OASIS Data Collection, Accuracy, and Transmission","category":"Patient care","summary":"Collects the OASIS items as part of every comprehensive assessment; makes sure the data accurately reflect the patient’s status; and, if the Agency is Medicare-certified, encodes and transmits each completed OASIS assessment to the CMS system within 30 days of completing the assessment, for every patient CMS requires (since July 1, 2025, patients of any payer who are not exempt), using compliant software, secure transmission and the CMS branch identification number, while keeping patient-identifiable OASIS information confidential.","inShort":["Answer every OASIS item from your own assessment at the visit, following the OASIS manual.","OASIS is collected for patients of every payer unless CMS exempts them.","Make sure your OASIS answers match the rest of your notes. Only the assessing clinician changes an answer.","Each completed OASIS is sent to CMS within 30 days of completing the assessment.","Keep OASIS information confidential and report any pressure to change answers."],"primaryCitation":"42 CFR §484.45","citations":[],"federalCitations":["42 CFR §484.45","42 CFR §484.45(a)","42 CFR §484.45(b)","42 CFR §484.45(c)","42 CFR §484.45(d)","42 CFR §484.40","42 CFR §484.50(a)(1)(iii)","42 CFR §484.55(c)(8)"],"surveyorAsks":["Show me the OASIS for this patient and when it was transmitted to CMS.","How do you make sure the OASIS answers match the clinical documentation?"],"forms":[],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (42 CFR §484.45)","5. Which Patients and Time Points","6. Collecting OASIS Data","7. Clinical Review Before Submission","8. Encoding and Transmission","9. Correcting OASIS Records After Submission","10. Protecting OASIS Information","11. Quality of OASIS Data","12. Responsibilities","13. Records and Compliance Monitoring","14. Staff Training","15. References","16. Related Policies and Forms","17. Approval","18. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"oh-hha","state":"Ohio","service":"Home health","guides":[{"path":"/guides/home-health-agency-policies/","h1":"What policies and procedures are required for home health agencies?"},{"path":"/guides/home-health-conditions-of-participation/","h1":"Home health Conditions of Participation: which policies each one needs"}],"agency":{"name":"Sample Agency","legalName":"Sample Agency, LLC","logo":null}}