Description

Experience OASIS training in an immersive and engaging atmosphere based on the most current CMS guidance available. This workshop provides the nation's best education for learning and refining your OASIS coding knowledge, with a focus on the OASIS-E1 items and evolving guidance, including a review of the guidance for the new COVID-19 Vaccination OASIS item.

This workshop is developed, continually updated, and presented by the OASIS Answers' Blueprint Team. The training is targeted to field clinicians, clinical supervisors, OASIS educators and reviewers/auditors, quality improvement staff, and those preparing for the COS-C exam.

Join the comprehensive and nationally acclaimed two-day Blueprint for OASIS Accuracy workshop and learn to confidently teach, audit, and collect OASIS-E1 items accurately. Our instructors use their many years of varied home healthcare experiences to guide the attendees through relatable patient scenarios that illustrate and reinforce pertinent OASIS coding concepts. Through large and small group problem-solving discussions, attendees will apply coding instructions to more than 50 application scenarios; solidify their mastery of concepts and provide excellent preparation for the open-book COS-C Exam. Make plans to attend with the dedicated OASIS Answers' team as we master the guidance for 2025 together.

Workshop Educational Objectives Include:

• Selecting accurate OASIS responses based on patient-based scenarios
• Increasing accuracy of OASIS data, resulting in valid quality measurement and payment
• Increasing compliance with CMS expectations and coding guidance

Rather than providing opinions, assumptions, or unfounded interpretations, the Blueprint presenters model reliance on CMS guidance documents and provide strategies to boost confidence and performance in utilizing practical strategies to achieve OASIS accuracy.

Continuing Education

Attendees of both days will receive 13.0 continuing education units for skilled nursing, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology and audiology.

Meet the Speakers

Kerry Termine, DPT HCS-D COS-C

Kerry is a physical therapist with a Doctorate in Physical Therapy. She has worked in the home health industry since 2007, in advancing roles supporting coding and documentation for compliance and quality. She has over 15 years of experience conducting detailed reviews of clinical documentation for home health and hospice providers, focusing on OASIS and diagnosis coding accuracy, as well as regulatory compliance and documentation to support Medicare coverage. Kerry currently supports OASIS Answers’ CMS PAC contracts, leading public reporting and quality measure reports work, and supporting guidance manual and CMS help desks. Kerry holds the Home Care Coding Specialist – Diagnosis (HCS-D) and the Certificate for OASIS Specialist-Clinical (COS-C) designations and is a member of the Blueprint for OASIS Accuracy presenter team. She is a Senior Clinical Lead with OASIS Answers, Inc.

Megan Bernier, MSPT RAC-CT COS-C

Megan 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 Desk 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 educator. Megan holds the Certificate for OASIS Specialist- Clinical (COS-C) designation and serves as a Post-Acute Care Senior Clinical Manager with OASIS Answers, Inc.

COS-C Certification Exam

Separate registration and fees are required to sit for the exam. Register at least one week in advance of the exam. Click here for details.

Sponsorship Opportunities

HCAF offers a multitude of ways for home care industry vendors to promote products and services, including through educational program sponsorships. Gain additional exposure for your organization by sponsoring this program! Click here to learn about the benefits of sponsorship. For more information, please contact us.