CMS made the following announcement this morning regarding the OASIS-E2 materials. Alliance staff are reviewing them now and will share an analysis over the coming days.
The Outcome and Assessment Information Set Version E2 (OASIS-E2) Data Submission Specifications Version 3.02.0 are now available in the Downloads section of the OASIS Data Sets page at: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/quality/home-health/oasis-data-sets
This FINAL version applies to the OASIS-E2 item set, which is scheduled for implementation on April 1, 2026. Note that item A0810 replaces M0069_PAT_GENDER, item A1255 replaces the A1250 items, several items were added to RFA 03, and the dash (-) is now an allowed value for the item D0150 frequency items. These item changes resulted in several edit changes.
Review the OASIS-E2 Guidance manual for additional information and the Item Change and Edit Change reports within the data specifications. The draft Guidance Manual for the OASIS-E2 version of the OASIS data set, effective April 1, 2026, is available at: https://www.cms.gov/files/document/oasis-e2-draft-508-11-14-25.pdf
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Katie Wehri
Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, Quality & Compliance
National Alliance for Care at Home
Washington DC
+1 (202) 547-7424
kwehri@allianceforcareathome.org------------------------------