OASIS Data Collection, Accuracy, and Transmission
Applies only if the Agency is Medicare-certified. Sets out how the Agency collects OASIS data as part of the comprehensive assessment, checks it for accuracy, encodes and transmits it to CMS within 30 days of completing the assessment, corrects errors, gives the OASIS privacy notice, and protects patient identifiable OASIS information. The District has no OASIS rule of its own.
About this policy
- Policy number
- DC-HH-ASM-02
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- 42 CFR §484.45
- Library
- Washington, DC home health · 58 policies
- Category
- Service delivery
- Sections
- 18
In short
- This applies only if we are Medicare-certified.
- Only the clinician who did the assessment answers the OASIS items. A reviewer may ask questions but never changes an answer alone.
- Every completed OASIS assessment is sent to CMS within 30 days of completion. Our own goal is 14 days.
- Give the OASIS privacy notice at the start of care, and never share OASIS data with anyone not allowed to see it.
What's inside
18 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. Collecting OASIS Data
- 6. Clinical Review Before Submission
- 7. Encoding and Transmission
- 8. Correcting OASIS Records After Submission
- 9. Protecting OASIS Information
- 10. Monitoring OASIS Quality
- 11. Responsibilities
- 12. Records and Compliance Monitoring
- 13. Staff Training
- 14. References
- 15. Related Policies and Forms
- 16. Approval
- 17. Revision History
An inspector may ask
- Show me the OASIS submission and validation report for this patient. Was the assessment transmitted within 30 days of completion?
- How do you check OASIS answers for accuracy before you transmit them?
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