Ultimate Coding & OASIS Training Virtual Series: OASIS Training

Ultimate Coding & OASIS Training Virtual Series: OASIS Training

Format: Virtual, On-Demand

Expert Trainer: Brandi Whitemyer, RN, CDIP, COS-C, HCS-D, HCS-O, home health coding and OASIS consultant

Audience: Home health clinicians, Clinical Supervisors, Directors of Nursing, Quality Managers, Quality Assurance/Performance Improvement Staff, Compliance Officers

Level: For clinicians who are new to home health and the OASIS form and need a deep dive into how to accurately complete the form, and/or clinicians who need a refresher on how to complete the form.

BONUS: Receive HCS-O study session materials with purchase of this training!

Learn how to properly answer the OASIS-E1 items while reinforcing your core OASIS competencies, without sacrificing productivity. This training is an OASIS-E1 item-by-item training covering the entire OASIS-E1 assessment form. This training is also a prep course for the HCS-O credentialing exam.

Our expert speaker includes opportunities to pause the recording to work through specific OASIS scenarios, which she discusses in depth to ensure retention and comprehension.

More specifically, this training will cover:

• OASIS background
  • What is OASIS
  • OASIS-E1 revisions
• OASIS guidelines and conventions
  • Who can conduct assessments
  • When OASIS is required
  • Timely initiation of care
  • OASIS data collection time points
  • OASIS conventions
  • Quality episodes, outcomes, risk adjustment
• OASIS and PDGM payment
• OASIS-E1 and HHVBP expanded model
• OASIS item description, key official guidance and scenarios for the following OASIS section items:
  • Section A (Administrative Information and Patient Tracking Items)
  • Section B (Hearing, Speech, Vision)
  • Section C (Cognitive Patterns)
  • Section D (Mood)
  • Section E (Behavior)
  • Section F (Preferences for Customary Routine Activities)
  • Section G (Functional Status)
  • Section GG (Functional Abilities and Goals)
  • Section H (Bladder and Bowel)
  • Section I (Active Diagnoses)
  • Section J (Health Conditions)
  • Section K (Swallowing/Nutritional Status)
  • Section M (Skin Conditions)
  • Section N (Medication Items)
  • Section O (Special Treatments, Procedures, and Programs)
  • Section Q (Participation in Assessment and Goal Setting)

Who Should Listen?

• Clinicians who are new to home health and the OASIS form and need a deep dive into how to accurately complete the form, and/or clinicians who need a refresher on how to complete the form.
• Home health clinicians
• Clinical Supervisors
• Directors of Nursing
• Quality Managers
• Quality Assurance/Performance Improvement Staff
• Compliance Officers

Meet the Speaker

Brandi Whitemyer, RN, CDIP, COS-C, HCS-D, HCS-O

Brandi Whitemyer, RN, CDIP, COS-C, HCS-D, HCS-O, has expertise in ICD-10 coding, post-acute billing, and coding education, along with OASIS and outcomes management. She has more than 18 years of experience in post-acute healthcare as the previous owner of a full-service coding and consulting company, along with experience in the development of coding, billing/revenue cycle, and clinical education resources for post-acute care. Whitemyer has worked for the past 12 years as a consultant and home health and hospice coding expert, providing agencies nationally with survey compliance, medical reviews and appeals of Medicare denials, corrective action plans, policy development, revenue cycle and billing compliance management, coding and quality assurance processes, and coding and OASIS education. She has also contributed to and created multiple print and electronic product resources focused on coding, billing, quality management, and clinical best practices, including multiple DecisionHealth publications. Whitemyer is a member of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and the Association of Home Care Coding & Compliance (AHCC).

Recommended Resources

If you’re looking to continue your OASIS education and plan to eventually sit for the HCS-O certification exam, we recommend the following resources:

• Home Health Pro: An Education Hub for Coding & OASIS Reviewers, provides real-world training that will help you both ramp-up and keep sharp on key coding and documentation topics. Learn more here.
  
  
• OASIS-E Trainer: Provides the assessment and care planning strategies you’ll need to achieve OASIS-E accuracy and quality outcomes. Learn more here.
  
  
• Home Care Clinical Specialist – OASIS (HCS-O) Certification Study Guide: This study guide takes you through the competencies necessary to master as you prepare for the HCS-O certification exam. It delivers OASIS assessment tips and sample test questions. Learn more here.
  
  
• OASIS Form Companion: Keep all your OASIS documents in one easy-to-reference resource that allows you to easily search for the OASIS guidance you use most often. Note, the OASIS Form Companion is an allowable resource when taking the HCS-O exam and can be taken into the exam room. Learn more here.
  
  
• Home Health Guide to OASIS: A Reference for Field Staff: Get up to speed on the latest revisions to the OASIS assessment, while also reinforcing core competencies so you can accurately and efficiently complete every assessment. Learn more here.
  
  
• ICD-10-CM Wound Coding & OASIS Field Guide: Your on-the-go reference to choose the right ICD-10 code and complete the OASIS for the most common home health wounds. It is conveniently separated into chapters devoted to each type of wound commonly seen in home health, including pressure, arterial, stasis and diabetic ulcers, and surgical, trauma and complicated wounds. Learn more here.
  
  
• Home Health OASIS Assessment: Identify & measure your own and/or your staff's OASIS understanding, identify potential skills gaps, pinpoint areas for training opportunities, and monitor progress over time. Learn more here.
  
  
• Home Health Value Based Purchasing Guide, Second Edition: This is designed to help position your agency for quality success & payment bonuses by delivering best practices for improving all the key OASIS, claims & CAHPs based items that are used to determine Home Health Value Based Purchasing (HHVBP) bonuses Learn more here.
  
  
• Face To Face Answers, Second Edition: Complete guide to mastering home health and hospice face-to-face (F2F) requirements. Learn more here.

Continuing Education

Board of Medical Specialty Coding and Compliance (BMSC)
This program is preapproved by the Board of Medical Specialty Coding & Compliance (BMSC) for 8 HCS-O, 2 HCS-D, 2 HCS-C CEU(s).

Nursing Contact Hours
HCPro is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

This educational activity for 8 nursing contact hours is provided by HCPro.

How to receive your continuing education certificate
To obtain a continuing education certificate, you must watch the full training and get an 80% on the post-test. Once you pass the test, you’ll be provided a link to take an evaluation. Once you complete the evaluation, a certificate will be emailed to you. Please retain the email for future reference. Note: The automated certificates are sometimes mistaken for spam. We suggest you use a personal email address and check your junk mail folder after completing the evaluation.

• Phone: 800-650-6787
• Email: customerservice@hcpro.com

Disclosure Statement

Please note the planners, presenter(s), and contributors to this activity have disclosed no relevant financial relationships with any commercial companies pertaining to this activity.

Instructions

Webinar system requirements and program materials: 
To fully benefit from the webinar experience, please note you will need a computer equipped with the following:

Browser: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, or Safari, with JavaScript enabled 
Internet: Internet connection (high-speed connection recommended) 
Streaming: for audio/video streaming, use any web browser listed above or Safari browser on iOS devices

Note: Once you have completed checkout you will receive an order confirmation email from Do-Not-Reply-TrainingToday@lmsnotification.com within 1 business day. This email will include your password and login information. Upon logging in you will gain access to all course material. The course material is to be used solely by the purchaser. Any sharing of this documentation is prohibited.

Your Class Sessions and Materials include:

• OASIS Training Sessions (Session totals approx. 8 hours)
• OASIS Training Materials
• HCS-O study session materials

If you have questions about this virtual class contact us at:

• Phone: 800-650-6787
• Email: customerservice@hcpro.com

Attendees will have access to this event for 60 days from the time of purchase.