OASIS accuracy, consistency and standardization are key to successfully managing the data that drives clinical, financial and operational effectiveness in the Medicare PPS environment. ADVANTAGE is our integrated, Web-based application designed to help you standardize the accurate and consistent collection and transmission of OASIS data. It enables you to capture all services provided to your clients and successfully submit the data to federal and state PPS organizations.

By promoting standardization of the OASIS data collection process, ADVANTAGE ensures accurate data lock-in for on-time submission. Capture your OASIS edits on a daily basis. Our exclusive SmartEdit technology helps you immediately identify and correct inconsistencies in the OASIS assessment. Additionally, the OASIS data is linked to the 485, eliminating re-keying of the data.

ADVANTAGE leverages the latest in secure Web transfer technologies to help you safely submit PPS, OBQI and OBQM to the state. Our user-level security exceeds HIPAA standards, enabling you to manage your Medicare-related business with complete confidence.

ADVANTAGE consists of six integrated modules:

Collect: Upload your data to the HSS Data Services secure Web site. You can use our scannable forms, upload the data electronically or fax us your paper documents to eliminate manual data entry; alternately, you can key in the data yourself. Wherever your business sits on the technology spectrum, we can accommodate your preferred method of data entry.

Editor: Once the data is entered, the Editor eases the process of data verification and editing. Review and correct the OASIS data for clinical thoroughness prior to committing to a plan of care. Our SmartEdit technology ensures efficient and accurate coding for the CMS edits, and the verified data is used to complete the 485 without the need for re-keying. Obtain your HHRGs, cost and reimbursement information instantly.

Trans: Using secure Web transfer technology, you can safely submit your OASIS and assessment information to the state. Post your IFR and FVR files for easy retrieval and review, ensuring greater submission compliance and reducing the time to obtain your RAPs.

Outcomes: CMS identifies low performance and expects an improvement plan to be in place before the release of the next year's set of reports. The clinical management reports in the Outcomes module and designed to exceed the OBQI process improvement plans for CMS. Use them as an effective starting point for measuring your outcomes performance.

Auditor: Analyze how well your agency is handling Pressure Ulcers, Stasis Ulcers, Surgical Wounds, Emergent Care Assessments and Acute Care Hospitalization. The Auditor enables you to analyze agency performance against the PPS mandates.

Dashboard: Our exclusive Dashboard front-end provides instant access to key statistics and metrics about your home health business. Customize it to generate reports on time-sensitive action items and to highlight critical information that managers can use to measure performance across your agency. Reports are produced at the corporate, agency and branch levels to identify recertification due dates, submission history and status, and reimbursement status on orphans and patients on transfer.

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UMASS Memorial Home Healthcare

"HSS helped us combine several manual steps into one integrated process. Thanks to HSS, we can track and analyze information easier. Reports generated through Dashboard help us manage assessments and the recertification process."

"Because ADVANTAGE is web-based, our clinical staff can review corrections on-line from any computer, allowing them to stay in the process longer and learn from the system. We have experienced improved compliance and turnarounds on physician orders, resulting in faster billings and better cash-flow."