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OASIS NP© Subscriptions

Home health agencies have the ability to use the basic OASIS NP© tool over and over for OASIS training and testing of their staff. However, the developers of OASIS NP© identified a need to create new scenarios to enable agencies to retest their staff on OASIS with the latest CMS pronouncements, Q&As and instructions. In order to meet this need, NAHC and the developers are offering a subscription to regular updates of OASIS NP©. These new scenarios and tests will allow agency clinicians to continuously increase their OASIS assessment knowledge.

What is Included in a Subscription?

Home health agencies that purchase the OASIS NP© Subscription will receive an OASIS NP© User’s Manual as well as an electronic in-service each month from May through December, 2008.  This complete scenario-based in-service will consist of:

  • Web Wednesdays – On the third Wednesday of each month subscribers may attend a live webinar introducing a new scenario at either 10am or 2pm Eastern time on Webinar dates: May 21, June 18, July 16, August 20, September 17, October 15, November 19, and December 17 2008. Note: If unable to attend live, access the webinar via the NAHC web site.
  • New testing file for each scenario
  • New Training file for each scenario
  • Power Point presentations to introduce each scenario

Subscribers will have unlimited access to replays of the webinars, as well as access to other NP Member Resources through December 31, 2008. The subscription, like the original tool, will be transferable to all clinicians and all branch offices under a home health provider number. 

How Do I Subscribe?

  1. Simply log onto: subscription service and scroll down to the Instructions; or
  2. Download the PDF from and fax it to (202) 547-3660

Pricing

Provider:  $375 (Non-Member $575)

Additional Subscriptions per provider number (Corporations and Management Companies)

2-25 sites                         $200/site
26-50 sites                       $150/site
51 or more sites               $100/site

 

 
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What NAHC says about OASIS NP©
William A. Dombi, Esquire,
Vice President for Law, NAHC
Mary St. Pierre, RN, BSN, MGA,
Vice President for Regulatory Affairs, NAHC

"This is an important product for home health agencies," said William A. Dombi, Vice President of Law at NAHC. "With the changes starting in January 2008 of both OASIS and PPS (Home Health Prospective Payment Systems), it will be imperative for agencies to have quality OASIS data."

"Quality OASIS data starts with clinicians being properly trained to make skilled assessments," said Mary St. Pierre, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs at NAHC. One reason NAHC decided to partner with OASIS NP developers Melanie R. Duerr, RN, MS, ANP, Vice President of Certified Services, VNA of Hudson Valley in Tarrytown, NY and Kathleen R. O'Donnell, BS, CPA, Professor, Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, NY, "is because the interactive teaching hybrid can be recycled to incorporate CMS updates seamlessly in an ever-changing environment and because of Duerr and O'Donnell's commitment to helping home health agencies reach their goals of providing excellent care to patients."

Faculty

Melanie R. Duerr, RN, MS, MPH, ANP, Vice President of Certified Services, VNA of Hudson Valley;

Kathleen R. O'Donnell, BS, CPA, Professor at Onondaga Community College;

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