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Linda H. Krulish, PT MHS COS-C
President
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| Linda, a physical therapist in home care since 1988, is a nationally recognized expert on OASIS and home health quality improvement. She serves as a consultant to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and its contractors, assisting in quality improvement measures and initiatives, PPS models analysis and enhancement, refinement of the OASIS data set, Guidance Manual and resulting measures, and development of related support and training |
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materials. Currently she oversees the contract managing the national CMS OASIS Q&A Mailbox and provides training for CMS’s State OASIS Education Coordinators. 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 Chair of the Exam Review Task Force. Linda is President and Founder of OASIS Answers, Inc. |
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Deborah L. Chisholm, RN BSN CPHQ COS-C
Director of Educational Programs
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| Debbie is a registered nurse practicing since 1978 in critical care, home health, hospice, and quality improvement. She served as the Home Health Manager at the Delmarva Foundation for Medical Care where she was involved in the national implementation of OBQI. She was trained in OASIS at the Center for Health Services Research, at the University of Colorado and provided OASIS education for the CMS Data Accuracy Verification (DAVE) Project as well as |
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the OASIS Education Coordinators. Currently she manages the CMS OASIS Q&A Mailbox contract as well as provides content expertise for refinement of the OASIS data set and Guidance Manual. Debbie is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ), has earned the Certificate for OASIS Specialist - Clinical (COS-C) designation, and is the Director of Educational Programs at OASIS Answers, Inc. |
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Sparkle A. Sparks, MPT HCS-D COS-C
Senior Associate Consultant
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| Sparkle has been in home care since 1994 as direct care provider, staff educator, PPS analyst, OASIS & ICD-9/10 coding instructor and consultant. She draws from this extensive background to provide practical education that is both fun & effective. Sparkle is nationally known for her humorous approach and ability to explain difficult topics in terms that everyone in home |
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care can understand. She has served as an advisor to and member of the Board of Medical Specialty Coding. Sparkle is a graduate of the American Health Information Management Association’s Academy for ICD-10 Coding where she earned the designation of AHIMA Approved ICD-10 Coding Instructor and is a Senior Associate Consultant with OASIS Answers, Inc. |
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Patti Johnston, RN CWOCN COS-C
Associate Consultant
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| Patti is a Certified Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurse practicing since 1985 in critical care, home health, and quality improvement. She has authored extensively on wound management and quality improvement, and has developed multiple wound management tools to enhance wound assessment and healing. She is an instructor of wound management at Houston Baptist |
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University School of Nursing. She served on the Oasis Certificate and Competency Board’s (OCCB) Clinical Advisory Panel as well as on the Exam Review Task Force. Patti has earned the Certificate for OASIS Specialist - Clinical (COS-C) designation and is an Associate Consultant with OASIS Answers, Inc. |
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Lisa A. Gorski, MS CNS-BC CRNI FAAN COS-C
Associate Consultant
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| Lisa is a Clinical Nurse Specialist working at a large Milwaukee home care agency since 1985. Her primary areas of expertise include care of chronically ill adult patients and home infusion therapy. In addition to authoring a recurring column on infusion standards for the Journal of Infusion Nursing, she has authored over 50 journal articles and book chapters, and four books. She was honored by the Infusion Nurses Society as the 2003 Certified Infusion Nurse of |
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the Year, and served as the 2007 President of the Infusion Nurses Society. She was inducted as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing in 2006 and in 2008 participated on the committee to revise the newly published American Nurses Association Scope and Standards for Home Health Nurses. Lisa has earned the Certificate for OASIS Specialist - Clinical (COS-C) designation and is an Associate Consultant with OASIS Answers, Inc. |
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Wendy K. Anemaet, PT PhD GCS CWS GTC COS-C
Associate Consultant
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Wendy, a physical therapist since 1989 in home health, acute care, rehab, outpatient, and skilled nursing, is an assistant professor at the School of Physical Therapy at Regis University in Denver, Colorado. Wendy is a Geriatric Clinical Specialist and Certified Wound Specialist, has a Geriatric Training Certificate, and serves on the editorial board of Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation. She has co-authored books on home health rehabilitation and has published hundreds of |
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articles on home health therapy in peer-reviewed and trade publications. She provides training nationally on geriatric strengthening, wound assessment and management, and competency testing for home health physical therapists on the drug regimen review and pharmacology. Wendy has earned the Certificate for OASIS Specialist-Clinical (COS-C) designation and is Associate Consultant with OASIS Answers, Inc. |
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Rebecca B. Skrine, MS CCC-SLP CHCE COS-C
Associate Consultant
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| Becky has been practicing in home care since 1980. She has served as a speech language pathologist, administrator, consultant, and educator. She is a Certified Home Care and Hospice Executive (CHCE) and holds the Certificate for OASIS Specialist-Clinical (COS-C) designation. She was a member of the national Home Health Quality Improvement Organization |
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Executive Steering Committee and contributed to Best Practice Intervention Packages as part of the Home Health Quality Improvement National Campaign. She served on the Oasis Certificate and Competency Board’s (OCCB) Clinical Advisory Panel as well as on the 2007 Exam Review Task Force. She is an Associate Consultant with Oasis Answers, Inc. |
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Ida Blevins, BS RHIA
Associate Consultant
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Ida, a Registered Health Information Administrator, has worked in Health Information Management since 1975. Along with her hospital, ambulatory care and private sector health information management and coding experience, she has been actively involved in home care management for the past decade.
Ida serves on the Board of Directors of the Illinois Home Care Council and has provided numerous |
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ICD-9-CM training seminars and coding audits nationally. She co-authored a home care coding textbook for the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), and serves as the Facilitator of AHIMA’s Home Health Community of Practice. Ida served on the Clinical Advisory Panel for the OASIS Certificate and Competency Board and is an Associate Consultant with OASIS Answers, Inc. |
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