Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Comprehensive Assessment and Use of the OASIS as Part of the Conditions of Participation for Home Health Agencies
medicare · Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Rule · Published 1999-01-25 · Effective 1999-02-24 · 64 FR 3764
Document
Document number
99-1449
Federal Register citation
64 FR 3764
CFR reference
42 CFR 484
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
medicare
Sub-agency
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Publication date
1999-01-25
Effective date
1999-02-24
HHS docket
HCFA-3007-F
Abstract
This final rule revises the existing conditions of participation that home health agencies (HHAs) must meet to participate in the Medicare program. Specifically, this rule requires that each patient receive from the HHA a patient-specific, comprehensive assessment that identifies the patient's need for home care and that meets the patient's medical, nursing, rehabilitative, social and discharge planning needs. In addition, this final rule requires that as part of the comprehensive assessment, HHAs use a standard core assessment data set, the ``Outcome and Assessment Information Set'' (OASIS) when evaluating adult, non-maternity patients. These changes are an integral part of the Administration's efforts to achieve broad- based improvements in the quality of care furnished through Federal programs and in the measurement of that care.