Public Health Emergency has been extended through 2021
The new Secretary of Health and Human Services extended the PHE (Public Health Emergency) on 4/21/21. He did not state how long this extension will last. See the PHE website for more info as it comes out.
The Public Health Emergency has been extended by the Department of Health and Humean Services through at least the end of 2021. This will impact the start of OASIS E until at least 2023. Please enjoy the podcast with Cindy Krafft as she outlines other concerns. In the podcast she ponders 2 important questions:
Is your staff becoming "deliberately ignorant" when it comes to completing the OASIS?
Is your clinical staff co-dependent on your review staff?
We will take questions during the live session but please feel free to submit questions before session to ensure it is answered if you are unable to attend live version.
The ability to get a “clean” OASIS out the door in a timely manner has been an ongoing challenge to the home health industry. The resources consumed by the QA process can be a financial strain on the organization which has become even more of an issue in the PDGM environment. Focusing almost exclusively on the QA process in order to speed up the process will produce limited results and may actually drive up costs. This series of webinars will address the three pillars that impact achievement of a “clean” OASIS:
Information collection by Intake
Data Collection by Clinicians
Accountability of Clinicians and QA
All sessions are pre-recorded and are priced per agency - great addition to your training library!
Session 1 - OASIS Review: Getting the Right Information at the time of Intake
Description:
The information collected prior to the first home care visit has evolved well past the days of just getting a name and an address. The referral process has implications related to Face to Face compliance, Review Choice expectations and the ability to code accurately. Incomplete information related to coding will delay the ability to finish an OASIS regardless of the accuracy of the clinician data collection or the speed of QA review. This session will focus on the elements that must be present as part of the referral to ensure the coding is done accurately and timely.
Session 2 - OASIS Review: Accuracy of Clinician Data Collection
Description:
There is a grace period for clinicians that are new to home care as they learn to complete an OASIS. As time passes and patterns of errors emerge, a point is reached where the amount of rework created by QA review and the need for the clinician to make corrections becomes a costly (and frustrating) burden. As opposed to an entry level OASIS education, this session will focus on the most commonly seeing OASIS errors and provide candid explanations regarding the need to “get it right the first time”.
Session 3 - OASIS Review: Accountability of and to the QA Process
Description:
Review of a completed OASIS document was never intended to be as “time and dime” consuming as it has become in home health. The intersection of a cumbersome and inconsistent review process and clinicians not responsive to education or making corrections timely can become a black hole that delays getting the RAP out the door. The best education in the world will not get agencies where they need to be UNLESS the issue of accountability for everyone involved is addressed. This session will provide a framework for creating a climate of accountability specific the management of OASIS data.
