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Data Specifications

Final OASIS-C Data Specifications Version 2.00

A final version of the OASIS-C Data Specifications Version 2.00 is now available.  This version is a revision to the initial draft published in July, 2009.  The primary purpose of Version 2.00 is to incorporate changes associated with the OASIS-C data set that Home Health Agencies (HHAs) are required to collect in order to participate in the Medicare program.

The final OASIS-C instrument is on the OASIS-C website (see Related Links Inside CMS).

In the download section below, you will find the final OASIS-C Version 2.00 data specifications in four different formats (PDF, Excel, Access and HTML) and a three-column crosswalk document of OASIS-B1 items to OASIS-C items.  Please note that the HTML version of the OASIS-C data specifications provide sort order of submission and logical orders.

Correction 3: Data Submission Specifications Version 2.00

An initial draft version of Version 2.00 of the OASIS-C data specifications was published in July, 2009. Revision 1 contained several corrections to the original draft and was published at the beginning of August, 2009. The current version is a third revision and corrects several additional errors in the earlier versions. Please refer to BC200R3.PDF for a list of corrections that have been made. Changes are also noted in the "version notes" field of the detailed data specifications report. Changes associated with Revision 1 are designated with "[R1]" before the description of the change, while changes associated with Revision 2 are designated with "[R2]". Changes associated with the current revision (Revision 3) are designated with "[R3]".

ERRATA SHEET: Data Submission Specifications Version 2.00

Please include this errata sheet with the current OASIS-C Version 2.00 Data Specifications.  This document is intended to communicate the minimal changes that have been made since the posting of REVISON 3 of the OASIS-C Version 2.00 Data Specifications.  The current OASIS-C Version 2.00 Data Specifications will be updated and posted in its entirety at a future date.  See Downloads below for details on the Errata Sheet.

Data Submission Specifications: Version 1.60

This new version incorporates changes that were mandated by the OASIS final rule that was published in the Federal Register on August 29, 2007 (72 FR 49762). 

The primary purpose of Version 1.60 is to replace and add fields that are needed to support a new version of the HHRG grouper.  It also incorporates additional changes as described in the download below titled Summary of New Data Specifications.

You will also find in the download section below the version 1.60 data specifications for making software changes in 4 different formats: PDF format, Excel format, Access format, and HTML format.

Downloads
Errata Sheet (PDF, 70 KB)

OASIS-C Version 2.00 Data Specifications in PDF Format (ZIP, 2.91 MB)

OASIS-C Version 2.00 Data Specifications in Excel Format (ZIP, 35 KB)

OASIS-C Version 2.00 Data Specifications in Access Format (ZIP, 248 KB)

OASIS-C Version 2.00 Data Specifications in Logical HTML Format (ZIP, 514 KB)

OASIS-C Version 2.00 Data Specifications in Submission HTML Format (ZIP, 515 KB)

OASIS Crosswalk in PDF Format (PDF, 458 KB)

OASIS B1 - Version 1.60 Specification and 2008 Rule (ZIP, 13.9 MB)
Related Links Inside CMS
Paperwork Reduction Act Package for Use of OASIS (ZIP, 964 KB)

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