Best Clinical Practices for Home Health

Get to know and understand OASIS Outcome measures

Medicare outcome Measures affect Your HHA's ranking on 5-Star, Value-based Purchasing, Home Health COMPARE and Potentially Avoidable Event Reports.

 

This Manual includes the intent, instructions and best assessment practices for the 7 OASIS outcome measures:

  • (M1242)  Frequency of Pain Interfering with patient's activity or movement
  • (M1342)  Status of Most Problematic (Observable) Surgical Wound
  • (M1400)  When is the patient dyspneic or noticeably Short of Breath
  • (M1830)  Bathing: Current ability to wash entire body safely
  • (M1850) Transferring
  • (M1860)  Ambulation/Locomotion: Current ability to walk safely, once in a standing position, or use a wheelchair, once in a seated position, on a variety of surfaces
  • (M2020)  Management of Oral Medications

 

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