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MDT Home Health Care Agency, Inc. 6. Keeps abreast of assignments with consideration to clinician expertise, service utilization, cost of providing services, with consideration to caseload reasonableness per clinician, and; makes decisions regarding transfers of cases, as necessary; 7. Accepts and directs the coordination of referrals and care planning for nursing, physical therapy and other therapeutic services; 8. Assists clinicians in identifying alternative levels of care or referral to alternate community resources, as appropriate; 9. OASIS responsibility(ies): - Maintains OASIS binder following review of transmission reports to CMS, no less frequently than monthly - identifies patterns of error, staff performance issues/ recommended corrective action measures, and educational needs - Note errors, and coordinate with RN or PT to make necessary corrections - A resource to new and existing clinical staff who have responsibility for collection of OASIS survey data - Assist data entry coordinator to ensure OASIS submission timeline compliance—monitor tracking report with coordinator and assist staff to understand and comply with timeline standards - Coordinates and serves as a preceptor in field for purposes of OASIS education and competency validation - Assist with coordinating in-house OASIS training programs - Monitors, actively participates in record review, and trends ADVERSE OUTCOME REPORT and ADJUSTED CASE MIX reports downloaded from CMS, minimally on a quarterly basis - Assists business office in interpretation of OASIS data, as necessary 10. Serves as a clinical consultant to the multidisciplinary home health care team providing professional guidance on agency clinical policy and procedure; 11. In collaboration with the Clinical Manager and Executive Director/Director of Patient Services, the Clinical Supervisor, assists in planning and conducting initial and ongoing educational programs for all clinical staff; 12. Is responsible for monitoring/ data collection and compiling results of clinical record audits, including case review with individual staff in regards to audit findings; 13. Uses leadership position to serve as a resource to all staff regarding performance improvement in all areas to include: customer service; adequacy of information referral/ supporting documentation; staff documentation, to include focus on OASIS accuracy and timeliness & Plan of Care development, and; overall conduct and job performance; 14. Is knowledgeable, instructs and implements standard precautions in accordance with agency policy and procedure; 15. Accepts and responds to “Quality Reports”/ Concerns. Immediately reports any accident, incident, lost articles, or unusual occurrence to the Clinical Manager, and; to the Executive Director/ Director of Patient Services if of risk management concern; 16. Maintains appropriate records and reports; Home Health Agency Job Descriptions I-62