Coding and OASIS Services Best documentation review for 2023
Home Health, Hospice, Palliative Care Coding and Review Services HealthRev Partner’s Coding & OASIS review team is comprised of dual certified reviewers, with many years of experience, making them the best in the industry. At HealthRev Partners we realize that the financial success of your agency is directly correlated to an accurate and compliant clinical […]
What do Homecare Guidelines Say about Clinician Safety?
Nothing piques interest or raises awareness across the home care industry faster than breaking news of tragedy of a fellow clinician to put the homecare community on edge and cause agencies to take a second look at what safety measures they have in place. Anna Powers, BSN, RN, BCHH-C shares some of her personal stories […]
What is palliative care?
Palliative care is an interdisciplinary level of care to address the physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs of a patient with a serious illness. Care can take place in different settings, including inside and outside of the home. This article will cover how palliative care fits in to the post-acute care continuum and how an […]
OASIS E Item N0415 High Risk Drug Classes: Use and Indication
There were several new items that were added to the OASIS E data set as of January 1, 2023. Many of the new items are complex, with the exception of item N0415 that addresses High Risk Drug Classes: Use and Indication. Thankfully, this item is fairly straightforward. Looking to outsource your documentation review? Schedule a […]
OASIS E Section O: Item O0110 Special Treatments, Procedures, & Programs
The purpose of Section O in the new OASIS E data set is to identify ALL special treatments, procedures, and programs that are part of a patient’s current plan of care at Start of Care, Resumption, and Discharge timepoints. Learn more about authoring the best plan of care in a podcast, HERE. Special Treatments can […]
Hospice ICD-10 Coding
OASIS E Pain Assessment: Items J0510, J0520, J0530
OASIS Item M1242, which assesses the frequency at which a patient’s pain interferes with activity, was retired on January 1, 2023. Pain is now assessed more thoroughly on the new OASIS E and is broken down to assess how pain impacts three specific activities which include: J0510-How pain impacts sleep J0520-How pain interferes with therapy […]
OASIS E Nutritional Approaches — K0520
OASIS E was one of the most extensive updates in the history of the OASIS data set. Many new items and new OASIS sections went into effect on January 1, 2023. Section K is a new section that was added to the OASIS data set to capture documentation related to swallowing and nutritional status. A […]
D0150 Patient Mood Interview (PHQ-2 to 9)
When CMS released drafts of the new OASIS-E data set in early 2022, many were very excited to see that M1730, which contains the PHQ-2 assessment, was leaving the OASIS data set. It did not take long for the excitement to fizzle out, as it was quickly discovered that M1730 was leaving the OASIS only […]
What is the OASIS E CAM?
