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Blueprint for OASIS Accuracy Workshop

Two full days of OASIS-E1 data collection rules and guidance training with an optional Certificate for OASIS Specialist – Clinical Exam following the two-day training.

Workshop Description

Experience OASIS training in an immersive and engaging atmosphere based on the most current CMS guidance available. This workshop provides the nation’s best education for learning and refining your OASIS coding knowledge, with focus on the OASIS-E1 items and evolving guidance.

This workshop is developed, continually updated and presented by the OASIS Answers’ Blueprint Team. The training is targeted to field clinicians, clinical supervisors, OASIS educators and reviewers/auditors, quality improvement staff and those preparing for the COS-C Exam.

Join the comprehensive and nationally acclaimed two-day Blueprint for OASIS Accuracy Workshop and learn to confidently teach, audit and collect OASIS-E1 items accurately. Our instructors use their many years and varied home health care experiences to guide the attendees through relatable patient scenarios that illustrate and reinforce pertinent OASIS coding concepts. Through large and small group problem-solving discussions, attendees will apply coding instructions to more than 50 application scenarios, solidifying mastery of concepts and providing excellent preparation for the open-book COS-C Exam. Make plans to attend with the dedicated OASIS Answers team as we master the guidance for 2026 together.

Workshop educational objectives include:

• Selecting accurate OASIS responses based on patient-based scenarios
• Increasing accuracy of OASIS data, resulting in valid quality measurement and payment
• Increasing compliance with CMS expectations and coding guidance

Rather than provide opinions, assumptions or unfounded interpretations, the Blueprint presenters model reliance on CMS guidance documents and provide strategies to boost confidence and performance in utilizing practical strategies to achieve OASIS accuracy.

Optional: Certificate for OASIS Specialist – Clinical (COS-C) exam – see details below

Workshop Location

BCG Education Center
Iowa Health Care Association
1775 90^th St.
West Des Moines, IA

Workshop Schedule

Nov. 2-3, 2026
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

The schedule is the same both days.

Continuing Education Credit

This program is approved for 13.0 contact hours for:

• Nurses
• Social services professionals

Workshop Registration Fees

Members:     $695 per person
Non-members:        $1390 per person

Workshop Speakers

Linda Krulish, PT MHS COS-C is a physical therapist with a Masters in Health Sciences. She has worked in the home health industry since 1988 and is a nationally recognized expert on OASIS, the Hospice Item Set and quality measurement and improvement. She also serves CMS and its contractors, assisting in home health and hospice quality measures development, data set refinement, and maintenance and updating of Guidance Manuals as well as other key provider education resources for the Hospice Item Set and OASIS. She provides oversight and subject matter expertise to manage contracts for CMS’ Home Health Quality Reporting Program (QRP), CMS’ Hospice QRP and the CMS Home Health Value Based Purchasing (VBP) Technical Assistance Contract. She served as the president and a founding member of the OASIS Certificate and Competency Board (OCCB) and continues to oversee the COS-C Exam as a Chair of the Exam Review Task Force. Linda is President and Founder of OASIS Answers, Inc.

Kerry Termine, DPT HCS-D COS-C is a physical therapist with a Doctorate in Physical Therapy. She has worked in the home health industry since 2007, as a field clinician and in roles supporting coding and documentation for compliance and quality. She has over 15 years of experience conducting detailed reviews of clinical documentation for home health and hospice providers, focusing on OASIS and diagnosis coding accuracy, as well as regulatory compliance and documentation to support OAI’s CMS contract teams’ post-acute care work with public reporting, quality measure reports, guidance manual work and CMS help desk support, as well as serving as a member of OAI’s Blueprint Presenter Team. She holds the Certificate for OASIS Specialist-Clinical (COS-C) designation and is a Senior Clinical Lead with OASIS Answers, Inc.

Certificate for OASIS Specialist – Clinical (COS-C) Exam

Secure a spot by registering at least one week in advance. Onsite exam registration may not be available.

The COS-C exam is a voluntary certificate examination for those interested in demonstrating and establishing their expertise and commitment to OASIS data accuracy. Administered the day following the Blueprint for OASIS Accuracy training, the scope of the COS-C exam is similar to the Blueprint workshop agenda, covering current CMS OASIS data collection rules and guidance related to OASIS time points, regulations, patient populations and OASIS item specific scoring.

Candidates who successfully pass the examination are awarded the COS-C designation.

Exam Registration Fees

Initial Exam: $250
(Reflects “Blueprint” discount)

Renewal Exam: $200
(Reflects “Blueprint” discount)

Registration for the COS-C exam is separate from registration for the Blueprint Workshop. Please visit www.oasisanswers.com or call (425) 868-2304 to register for the exam.

Exam Location

BCG Education Center
Iowa Health Care Association
1775 90^th St.
West Des Moines, IA

Exam Schedule

Nov. 4, 2026
8:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.