[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 3, Parts 430 to End]
[Revised as of October 1, 1999]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR484.20]

[Page 441]
 
PART 484--CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION: HOME HEALTH AGENCIES--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart B--Administration
 
Sec. 484.20  Condition of participation: Reporting OASIS information.

    HHAs must electronically report all OASIS data collected in 
accordance with Sec. 484.55.
    (a) Standard: Encoding OASIS data. The HHA must encode and be 
capable of transmitting OASIS data for each agency patient within 7 days 
of completing an OASIS data set.
    (b) Standard: Accuracy of encoded OASIS data. The encoded OASIS data 
must accurately reflect the patient's status at the time of assessment.
    (c) Standard: Transmittal of OASIS data. The HHA must--
    (1) Electronically transmit accurate, completed, encoded and locked 
OASIS data for each patient to the State agency or HCFA OASIS contractor 
at least monthly;
    (2) For all assessments completed in the previous month, transmit 
OASIS data in a format that meets the requirements of paragraph (d) of 
this section;
    (3) Successfully transmit test data to the State agency or HCFA 
OASIS contractor beginning March 26, 1999, and no later than April 26, 
1999; and
    (4) Transmit data using electronic communications software that 
provides a direct telephone connection from the HHA to the State agency 
or HCFA OASIS contractor.
    (d) Standard: Data Format. The HHA must encode and transmit data 
using the software available from HCFA or software that conforms to HCFA 
standard electronic record layout, edit specifications, and data 
dictionary, and that includes the required OASIS data set.

[64 FR 3763, Jan. 25, 1999]