Certificate Program
OASIS-E Comprehensive Excellence
Expand your OASIS-E expertise with this comprehensive guide to OASIS-E items, coupled with a practice exam that includes scenarios to test your knowledge and provide practice in scoring items.
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About this Certificate Program
This certificate program provides a guide to the OASIS-E tool, covering all sections and items. To collect accurate data, clinicians must have a working knowledge of key concepts and terminology unique to the OASIS tool. This course offering provides an overview of how OASIS data collection impacts both patient care and agency performance. This certificate concludes with course 11, which provides practice coding scenarios to test knowledge gained in the previous 10 courses.
Target audience
This certificate program is applicable to all Home Health clinicians, including RNs, PTs, OTs and SLPs.
Goals & objectives
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Highlight what OASIS data is used for on an industry level
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Utilize the OASIS Guidance Manual
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Recognize key definitions specific to OASIS data collection
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Implement standardized patient assessment data elements
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Differentiate the concepts of independence, assistance, and safety as they relate to the assessment of function for OASIS data collection
What’s included in the Certificate Program
Accredited Online Courses*
11 hours of online video lectures and patient demonstrations.
Interactive Learning Assessments
Case-based quizzes to evaluate and improve clinical reasoning.
Hands-On Practice Packets
Skills checklist to practice hands-on components of coursework.
Certificate Program overview
Section 1
OASIS-E: Sections A-F 4 ItemsOASIS-E1: Introduction to Key Concepts Course
Chapter 1: Impact of OASIS
OASIS data impacts the clinical quality and financial performance of home health agencies. This chapter will provide the clinician with a working knowledge of what happens to OASIS data after it is completed.
Chapter 2: OASIS Instructions
Accurate OASIS data collection requires clinicians to have a working knowledge of the official instructions for each item. This chapter will examine the OASIS guidance manual and how quarterly Q&As; factor into data collection.
Chapter 3: Key Definitions
As OASIS is a discipline-neutral data collection instrument, the terms used do not always align with how clinicians are trained to assess patients. This chapter will address key definitions in practical terms to set clinicians up for success with OASIS data collection.
OASIS-E1: Section A Course
Chapter 1: Section A: Patient Tracking Sheet
This chapter will address the items that make up the “tracking sheet” in Section A (M0018–M0066).
Chapter 2: Section A: Ethnicity, Race, and Language
This chapter will address the OASIS items related to ethnicity, race, and language in Section A—items A1005, A1010, and A1110.
Chapter 3: Section A: Who, When, and Why Part 1
This chapter will address OASIS items related to payment, SOC/ROC, and the completion of the assessment—items M0150, M0030, M0032, M0080, M0090, and M0100.
Chapter 4: Section A: Who, When, and Why Part 2
This chapter will address OASIS items related to timing, transfer, and discharge—items M0102, M0104, M0110, M1000, and M1005.
Chapter 5: Section A: Transportation
This chapter will address the OASIS item related to the patient's access to transportation—item A1250.
OASIS-E1: Sections B and C Course
Chapter 1: Section B: Hearing, Speech, and Vision
This first chapter will address the OASIS items related to hearing, speech, and vision in Section B—items B0200, B1000, and B1300.
Chapter 2: Section C: Cognitive Patterns – BIMS
This chapter will address OASIS items related to the Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS)—C0100, C0200, C0300, C0400, C0500, and C1310.
Chapter 3: Section C: Cognitive Patterns – Cognitive Functioning, Confusion, and Anxiety
This chapter will address the OASIS items related to cognitive functioning, confusion, and anxiety in section C–M1700, M1710, and M1720.
OASIS-E1: Sections D, E, and F Course
Chapter 1: Section D: Mood
This chapter will address OASIS items D0150, D0160, and D0700.
Chapter 2: Section E: Behavior
This chapter will address OASIS items M1740 and M1745.
Chapter 3: Section F: Preferences for Customary Routine Activities
This chapter will address OASIS items M1100 and M2102f.
Section 2
OASIS-E: Sections G-K 3 ItemsOASIS-E1: Section G Course
Chapter 1: Section G: Functional Assessment Part 1
This chapter will address OASIS items M1800–M1830.
Chapter 2: Section G: Functional Assessment Part 2
This chapter will address OASIS items M1840–M1860.
OASIS-E1: Section GG Course
Chapter 1: Section GG: Prior Level of Function (GG0100 and GG0110)
This chapter will address OASIS items related to Section GG—GG0100 and GG0110.
Chapter 2: Section GG: Self-Care (GG0130)
This chapter will address the OASIS item related to self-care–item GG0130.
Chapter 3: Section GG: Mobility (GG0170)
This chapter will address the OASIS item related to mobility—item GG0170.
OASIS-E1: Sections H, I, J, and K Course
Chapter 1: Section H: Bladder and Bowel
This chapter will address OASIS items M1600–M1630.
Chapter 2: Section I: Active Diagnoses
This chapter will address OASIS items M1021–M1028.
Chapter 3: Section J: Health Conditions
This chapter will address items M1033, J0510–J0530, and M1400.
Chapter 4: Section K: Swallowing/Nutritional Status
This chapter will address OASIS items M1060, K0520, and M1870.
Section 3
OASIS-E: Sections M-O 3 ItemsOASIS-E1: Section M Course
Chapter 1: Section M: Pressure Ulcers
This chapter will address OASIS items M1306–M1324.
Chapter 2: Section M: Stasis Ulcers
This chapter will address OASIS items M1330–M1334.
Chapter 3: Section M: Surgical Wounds
This chapter will address OASIS items M1340 and M1342.
OASIS-E1: Sections N and O Course
Chapter 1: Section N: Medications
This chapter will address OASIS items N0415, M2001, M2003, M2010, M2020, and M2030.
Chapter 2: Section O: Special Treatments, Procedures, and Programs
This chapter will address the OASIS items related to special treatments, procedures, and programs—O0110 and M2200.
OASIS-E1: Transfer- and Discharge-Specific Items Course
Chapter 1: Section A: Transfer- and Discharge-Specific Items
This chapter will address OASIS items M0906, M2301, M2310, M2410, and M2420.
Chapter 2: Sections A and F: Transfer- and Discharge-Specific Items
This chapter will address OASIS items A2120–A2124 and M2102.
Chapter 3: Sections J, K, and M: Transfer- and Discharge-Specific Items
This chapter will address OASIS items J1800, J1900, K0520, M1307, and M1311.
Chapter 4: Sections N, O, and Q: Transfer- and Discharge-Specific Items
This chapter will address OASIS items M2005, M1041, M1046, and M2401.
Section 4
Practice Test 1 ItemOASIS-E1: Putting Knowledge Into Practice Course
Chapter 1: Sections B, C, D, and K Demonstrations
This chapter will address items related to the assessment of cognition, mood, and hearing.
Chapter 2: Sections G and GG Demonstrations
This chapter will address the items related to the assessment of function (Sections G and GG).
Chapter 3: Sections J, N, and Transfer- and Discharge-Specific Demonstrations
This chapter will address the items related to the assessment of pain, medication management, and falls.
Section 5
Supplementary Materials 6 ItemsOctober 2022 CMS Quarterly OASIS Q&As Text And Links
OASIS-E Form Text And Links
OASIS-E Guidance Manual Text And Links
OASIS-D Guidance Manual, Effective January 1, 2019 Text And Links
GG Self-Care and Mobility Activities Decision Tree Text And Links
Expansion of the Home Health One Clinician Convention - August 2017 Text And Links
Instructors
Cindy Krafft
PT, MS, HCS-O
CEU approved
11
total hours*
of accredited coursework.
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Each course is individually accredited and exact hours will vary by state and discipline. Check each course for specific accreditation for your license.
When do I get my certificate?
You will receive accredited certificates of completion for each course as you complete them. Once you have completed the entire Certificate Program you will receive your certificate for the program.
Do I get CEU credit?
Each course is individually accredited. Please check each course for your state and discipline. You can receive CEU credit after each course is completed.
Do I have to complete the courses in order?
It is not required that you complete the courses in order. Each Certificate Program's content is built to be completed sequentially but it is not forced to be completed this way.
How long do I have access to the Certificate Program?
You will have access to this Certificate Program for as long as you are a subscriber. Your initial subscription will last for one year from the date you purchase.
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