Joella

Hello All, CMS has posted a change regarding OASIS assessment of stage I and stage II decubitus, it will be effective 9/01/2004. Link: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/oasis/npuap.pdf

Hi All, There is a new CMS posting regarding StageI and StageII decubitus for OASIS assessment. Link: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/oasis/npuap.pdf

Hello, Here is one, made a visit to a trailer home, invited in by patient yelling come in! Opened door and could see the patient laying on the couch across the living room. Stepped in and there was no flooring, only the carpeting, being a heavy woman, you can imagine, I had to crawl dragging my bag, it was like being on a trampolene without the bounce. Oh home health! Social Worker HELP! Joella

Hello, New to the list, please forgive if I type in the wrong place. I am a coder and QA. Here is a report you will use over and over again. It takes you step by step thru Oasis, gives you easy to understand suggestions for each M0 question. It is 113 pages but you could download. I have mine in a binder to refer to daily, I make copies of certain M0 questions to help educate the Field RN's making the Oasis visits. They brought clinicians from across the country together to gleen from their experiences in answering each Oasis question and give clear answers on how the questions are to be answered properly, it is great, every RN Home Health performing Oasis visits needs a working copy. http://www.fazzi.com/3MNOIP.pdf