The National OASIS-C Fast Track Improvement Project is designed to identify inconsistencies and challenges associated with staff utilization of the new OASIS-C collection tool. Through the study, we will collect OASIS-C responses to specific M items from agency software using Home Health Gold’s Buddy System. The data will be collected for the January and February SOC/ROC OASIS performed. The project will also collect case mix weight (CMW) information from 2009 and compare it to CMW obtained from OASIS-C during the initial two months.

Agencies were asked to sign up for participation in the project by March 26, 2010. Home Health Gold staff will install the Buddy System at your agency by early April and will extract the data that is needed for the study. Home Health Gold staff will provide a webinar on the process to all participating agencies. The information collected will be sent to Fazzi Associates who will analyze the data to identify inconsistencies and challenges for each agency and for the group as a whole. This step in the project will require no more than one hour of staff time from an agency. The fee to cover the cost of The Buddy System install and data collection is $100 per agency and that is the only fee for the project.

Fazzi Associates will provide individual reports to agencies that will identify vulnerabilities and opportunities for improvement, as well as a report on the aggregated data from the group by mid-June. Fazzi will also share the outcomes with the industry at a free Webinar in late June.

Home Health Gold will keep the Buddy System installed in the participating agencies for three months to allow agencies to analyze their own data and identify problems and inconsistencies. Home Health Gold will provide instructional webinars on using the system to staff at the agency.