OASIS-C
05/14/2026
Train your clinicians to dig deeper when a fall is reported during a home health stay. Your publicly reported results on Care Compare — and ultimately your bottom line — are directly impacted by how clinicians are addressing fall risks and documenting the circumstances when a fall occurs.
04/23/2026
New proposed codes could soon identify surgical wounds left open on purpose. 
04/23/2026
Proposed changes to the ICD-10-CM code set include new codes for personal history of Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infection, a low body mass index (BMI) and more.  
04/02/2026
Hypothyroidism and dementia should be coded as related unless the documentation clearly states the conditions are unrelated, or when another guideline exists that specifically requires a documented linkage between two conditions.
03/05/2026
The OASIS should be discipline-neutral, but it's still not in many nurses’ wheelhouse or practice to actually watch these functional tasks.
03/05/2026
A patient with early dementia may appear alert and oriented during the visit, but may have experienced intermittent confusion in the prior 24 hours, which should be factored into scoring.
12/11/2025
With the publishing of the 2026 home health payment rule on Dec. 2, requirements around determining a patient’s COVID-19 vaccine status have changed.
12/04/2025
Of all the OASIS functional “sister items,” none resemble each other more than M1845 (Toileting hygiene) and GG0130C (Toileting hygiene). But they’re often misunderstood or misapplied in practice, experts note.
11/20/2025
When completing the OASIS, M1028 (Active Diagnoses: Comorbidities and Co-existing Conditions) is used to identify specific diagnoses that increase a patient’s risk for developing pressure ulcers.
09/11/2025
Ensuring accuracy with M2020 (Management of oral medications) is important in determining patient safety and improving outcomes. 

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