OASIS Data Collection, Accuracy, Transmission, and Privacy Notice
Sets out which patients have OASIS data collected (all patients of any payer except those under 18, those receiving maternity services, and those receiving only personal care, housekeeping or chore services), how clinicians collect OASIS accurately as part of the comprehensive assessment, how the Agency gives the OASIS privacy notice, and how completed assessments are encoded, checked and transmitted to the CMS system within 30 days of completing the assessment, using compliant software and the CMS-assigned branch identification number.
About this policy
- Policy number
- MI-HH-ASM-02
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- 42 CFR §484.45
- Library
- Michigan home health · 57 policies
- Category
- Patient care
- Sections
- 17
In short
- Collect OASIS for every adult patient of any payer, except maternity patients and patients who get only personal care, housekeeping or chore help.
- Answer each OASIS item as the patient really is at the time of the assessment.
- Never choose answers to raise payment or scores. Only the assessing clinician may correct an answer.
- Each completed assessment must be sent to CMS within 30 days; our goal is 7 days.
- Give the OASIS privacy notice at the first visit.
What's inside
17 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.
- Terms of Reference
- 1. Purpose
- 2. Scope
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Policy Statement (42 CFR §484.45)
- 5. Which Patients and Which Time Points
- 6. Collecting OASIS Accurately
- 7. Review, Encoding and Transmission
- 8. Michigan Medicaid
- 9. OASIS Privacy Notice and Data Protection
- 10. Responsibilities
- 11. Records and Compliance Monitoring
- 12. Staff Training
- 13. References
- 14. Related Policies and Forms
- 15. Approval
- 16. Revision History
An inspector may ask
- Show me the OASIS submission record for this patient's start-of-care assessment. When was the assessment completed and when was it accepted?
- How do you make sure OASIS answers reflect the patient's status at the time of the assessment?
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