CMS released the 2018 guidance manual for OASIS-C2 on August 4. The new guidance manual, which takes effect, Jan. 1, 2018, clarifies the “one-clinician rule,” among other things.
 
The 2018 manual expands the role of allowed collaboration from only selected items to all OASIS data items integrated within the assessment.
 
Just as before, only one clinician may take responsibility for accurately completing a comprehensive assessment. Unlike before, however, the 2018 manual goes on to say that “collaboration with the patient, caregivers, and other health care personnel, including the physician, pharmacist, and/or other agency staff is appropriate and would not violate the one clinician convention.”
 
Clarification of the “one-clinician rule” is on the agenda for the CMS Open Door Forum scheduled for 2 p.m. August 9.
 
View the full, updated manual online here: http://go.cms.gov/2vFBVpQ.