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OASIS Test Submission No Longer Required Effective January 1, 2021

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The Medicare Condition of Participation Section 484.45 requiring home health agencies seeking Initial Medicare Certification to successfully send OASIS test data to the internet Quality Improvement & Evaluation System or CMS OASIS contractor, was removed from the Medicare CoPs. Effective January 1, 2021, it is no longer required. All other requirements for Initial Medicare Certification are the same.

The Medicare CoP Section 484.45 was amended as follows:

  • Removing paragraph (c)(2)
  • Redesignating paragraphs (c)(3) and (4) as paragraphs (c)(2) and (3)

Find more information on the Federal Register Vol. 85, No. 214 Wednesday, November 4, 2020, Rules and Regulations.

Email the TX OASIS Help Desk or call at 833-769-1945 for help with OASIS and iQIES OASIS related issues.