OASIS is used in which care setting?

• A. Hospice care
• B. Home care
• C. Acute inpatient hospital
• D. Long-term care facility

Answer: (B)

OASIS is a standardized data collection tool used specifically for Medicare-certified home health care. It gathers information about a patient’s health, functional status, and service needs during the start of care and at recertification visits to guide the planned care and support reimbursement. Because the care occurs in the patient’s home, OASIS focuses on how conditions affect daily living in that setting. Other care environments—hospice, acute inpatient hospitals, and long-term care facilities—use different assessment tools appropriate to those settings, so OASIS is used in home care.