tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 43

Home Health: OASIS COLLECTION SUSPENDED FOR PRIVATE-PAY PATIENTS

Burdensome home health requirement lifted - at least for now.In a surprise move, Medicare officials Nov. 5 called off the collection of Outcome and Assessment Information Set data for patients with payer sources other than Medicare and Medicaid. That's good news for home health agencies. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is "immediately suspending the requirement to collect private-pay patient data on OASIS," CMS Administrator Tom Scully said in an Open Door Forum for home care providers. A more official, written announcement will be forthcoming, but "for now assume you are not required to collect it...

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