OASIS-E1: Section A

Presented by Cindy Krafft

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Video Runtime: 26 Minutes; Learning Assessment Time: 34 Minutes

Patient assessment begins by gathering both demographic and clinical details that set the stage for understanding what needs to be done going forward. Although some of this information may be provided as part of the referral to home health, the clinician must confirm that it is current and accurate. This course will address both the collection of patient-specific information and how assessments connect to care-planning items in the OASIS tool.

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Cindy Krafft

Cindy Krafft brings more than 25 years of home health expertise that started with direct patient care and evolved to operational and management issues. Cindy recognizes that providing care in the home environment is different from providing care in any other setting, which is evident in both…

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Chapters & learning objectives

Section A: Patient Tracking Sheet

1. Section A: Patient Tracking Sheet

This chapter will address the items that make up the “tracking sheet” in Section A (M0018–M0066).

Section A: Ethnicity, Race, and Language

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.

Section A: Who, When, and Why Part 1

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.

Section A: Who, When, and Why Part 2

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.

Section A: Transportation

5. Section A: Transportation

This chapter will address the OASIS item related to the patient's access to transportation—item A1250.

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