Reader Question: Be Wary of Home Health Software that Does Your OASIS Job For You
Question: Our software vendor claims that an upcoming upgrade will allow our agency to reduce the amount of OASIS training we provide clinicians because the software has the ability to pre-populate items based on assessment data. I am worried that the updated software will lead to compliance issues. What do you think?
Answer: You’re right to be concerned. In order to be compliant with the Condition of Participation, 484.55, The Comprehensive Assessment of Patients, requires the assessing clinician completing the comprehensive assessment to read the question exactly as written in the data set, carefully consider each available...
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