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22 Say Goodbye to Home Health Compare… For Now.
by Jennifer Warfield, RN, BSN, HCS-D, COS-C All of us in home health knew that there would be some changes regarding our outcomes data, the addition of process measures and the Home Health Compare (HHC) data once OASIS-C began in…...more
16 Stasis Ulcers
by Ann Giles, RN, BSN, HCS-D, COS-C Some of the most frequently misidentified /miscoded types of wounds are stasis ulcers. It is important to understand the etiology behind the ulcers when identifying a wound. In patients with venous stasis disease,…...more
12 Coding Tip of the Month - April 2010
Complicated Knee Replacements

10 Coding Tip of the Month - March 2010
Coding Complicated Surgical Wounds
05 M2250d: Depression Interventions on Plan of Care
by Ann Giles, RN, BSN, HCS-D, COS-C In my last blog post I discussed some strategies for answering M2250 correctly. I feel as if line item d needs special attention, as it is often scored incorrectly. The latest set of…...more
01 Is Your Agency Going to Receive a Slice of the Pie?
by Jennifer Warfield, RN, BSN, HCS-D, COS-C If you have been around home health at all in the past three to four years, there is no doubt that you have heard about P4P (pay for performance). P4P has been in…...more

19 Confusion with M2250
by Ann Giles, RN, BSN, HCS-D, COS-C One of the new OASIS-C items that is frequently answered incorrectly is M2250. One of the most helpful tips I have heard is to start on the right and work your way to…...more
05 Reporting Closed Stage III and Stage IV Pressure Ulcers on OASIS-C
by Ann Giles, RN, BSN, HCS-D, COS-C With the implementation of OASIS-C, reporting of pressures ulcers has changed. Today, I want to focus on the reporting of closed stage III and stage IV pressure ulcers. These two stages of ulcers…...more
05 Five Revisions to OASIS-B1 Items You Need to Know for Success with OASIS-C
by Jennifer Warfield, RN, BSN, HCS-D, COS-C A large part of OASIS-C B1 was revised to reflect comments, suggestions and changes we have seen since its inception in 1999. With the exception of the process measures that were added to…...more
01 Coding Tip of the Month - February 2010
Abnormality of Gait vs. Difficulty in Walking

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