New Day, New Programs

With the implementation of OASIS-C Jan 1st, agencies have the ability to do an extreme makeover and position themselves for Pay for Performance (P4P). Yes, P4P will still come despite all the other changes that are occurring. The Demonstration project ended in December. Findings will be published in the near future.

April will be the last Caspers report until this fall. Home Health Compare will also not update for 6 months. What is done with OASIS-B is done. Quality reports are going to be wiped clean and the first full OASIS-C episodes will begin your new quality report tallies. Some quality measures will remain, others will be added.

So what should agencies focus on? Continue to do business as usual. Defiantly not! Agencies need to take a step back and look at their operations to see what is working and what is not. Are you a proactive agency or a reactive agency? Proactive agencies foresee the problems as they arise and put checks and balances in place to prevent rework and poor outcomes. Reactive agencies are always looking hindsight and trying to figure out what went wrong. They are so busy looking backwards they do not see the opportunities going forward.