Oasis Answers: Blueprint for OASIS Accuracy Workshop and Exam

Blueprint for OASIS Accuracy Workshop

Workshop: July 11-12, 2022 | 8:00 am – 4:00 pm

Location:

Providence Professional Building

1801 Lind Ave SW

Renton, WA 98057

OASIS continues to evolve! Based on the most current CMS guidance available, this workshop provides the nation’s best preparation on the 27 new OASIS-E items and guidance, scheduled to become effective January 1, 2023. This engaging, up-to-the-minute education is developed and presented by the OASIS Answers’ Blueprint Team and is targeted for field data collectors, clinical supervisors, OASIS educators and reviewers, quality improvement staff, and those preparing for the COS-C Exam.

Experience the comprehensive and nationally acclaimed two-day Blueprint for OASIS Accuracy workshop and learn to confidently teach, audit and collect OASIS-E items accurately. Through guided, relatable, expert instruction, and participation in problem-solving discussions to code more than 50 application scenarios, join the dedicated OASIS Answers’ team as we master the new items and guidance for 2023 together.

The workshop educational objectives include:

-Selecting OASIS responses that accurately represent clinical assessment findings
-Providing accurate data for valid quality measurement and payment
-Documenting OASIS data, compliant with CMS expectations and instructions

Rather than provide opinions, assumptions, or unfounded interpretations, the Blueprint presenters will model reliance on CMS guidance documents and provide and demonstrate strategies for how to become more familiar with the new resources, and how to find defendable answers to your OASIS questions.

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Workshop Facilitators

Linda Krulish

PT MHS COS-C

President, OASIS Answers, Inc.

Linda is a physical therapist with a Masters in Health Sciences. She has worked in the home health industry since 1988, is a nationally recognized expert on OASIS, the Hospice Item Set and quality measurement and improvement. She also serves the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and its contractors, assisting in home health and hospice quality measures development, data set refinement, and maintenance and updating of Guidance Manuals and other key provider education resources for the Hospice Item Set and OASIS. She provides oversight and subject matter expertise to manage contracts for CMS’s Hospice Quality Reporting Program, and the CMS Home Health Value Based Purchasing Technical Assistance Contract. She served as the President and a Founding Member of the OASIS Certificate and Competency Board (OCCB) and continues to oversee the COS-C Exam as Chair of the Exam Review Task Force. Linda is President and Founder of OASIS Answers, Inc.

Megan Bernier

MSPT, COS-C

Post-Acute Care Clinical Manager

Megan Bernier is a physical therapist with a Masters in Physical Therapy. She has worked in the home health industry since 2010 as a field clinician, as well as in supervisory and administrative positions supporting home health quality improvement, regulatory compliance, clinical documentation, and operations. Megan currently supports OAI’s post-acute care work with provider education, guidance manual work, and CMS Help Desks support that provides guidance on data collection of OASIS, the MDS, the IRF-PAI and the LTCH CARE Data Set. She has a passion and appreciation for the critical need for OASIS accuracy and is a knowledgeable and passionate national OASIS education. Megan holds the Certificate for OASIS Specialist-Clinical (COS-C) designation and serves as a Post-Acute Care Clinical Manager with OASIS Answers, Inc

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CERTIFICATE FOR OASIS SPECIALIST – CLINICAL EXAM

COS-C Exam: July 13, 2022

Registration: 8:15 am – 8:45 am (Must be seated by 8:45 am)

Testing: 9:00 am – 11:30 am

Location:

Providence Professional Building

1801 Lind Ave SW

Renton, WA 98057

Secure a spot by registering at least one week in advance. Onsite exam registration may not be available.

The Certificate for OASIS Specialist-Clinical (COS-C) Exam is a voluntary certificate examination for those interested in demonstrating and establishing their expertise and commitment to OASIS data accuracy. Administered the day following the Blueprint for OASIS Accuracy training, the scope of the COS-C exam is similar to the Blueprint workshop agenda, covering current CMS OASIS data collection rules and guidance related to OASIS time points, regulations, patient populations and OASIS item specific scoring.

Candidates who successfully pass the examination are awarded the COS-C designation.

Call OASIS Answers, Inc. at (425) 868.2304 or visit www.oasisanswers.com to learn more or to register for the COS-C examination.

Exam Registration Fee:

Initial Exam: $250 (reflects “Blueprint discount”)

Renewal Exam: $200 (reflects “Blueprint discount”)

INDIVIDUALS MAY REGISTER FOR THE WORKSHOP, THE EXAM, OR BOTH.

Registration and payment for the workshop is through Home Care Association of Washington and registration for the COS-C examination is through OASIS Answers at oasisanswers.com

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