Home Health Care News December 26, 2024
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has laid out an action items timeline for the transition to all-payer Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) data collection and submission. The all-payer OASIS data requirement is set to begin in 2027.
Broadly, home health providers will be required to collect and submit OASIS data for more patients. This means non-Medicare and non-Medicaid payer sources, as well as individuals who self-pay.
“CMS expects to use this all-payer data to gain a better understanding of the overall quality of care provided by Medicare-certified [home health agencies] to the patients they serve, regardless of payer source,” CMS wrote in a fact sheet. “CMS will monitor the all-payer OASIS data and will notify...
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