Home Health: Say ‘Hello’ to 4 New SDOH Items That May Hit OASIS in 2027
Plus: CMS wants to tweak all-payer collection start date.
You’ll have four new outcome and assessment information set (OASIS) items requiring data collection starting in a few years, if the 2025 home health proposed rule provision on them is finalized as-is.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) “is proposing to collect four new items as standardized patient assessment data elements in the social determinants of health (SDOH) category” starting in January 2027, CMS says in its fact sheet about the rule released on June 26.
The proposed draft items in Section R: Health-Related Social Needs...
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