Overview:

The Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS) is a new OASIS question that has confused a lot of clinicians about the proper way to conduct the interview and score the responses.  Our in-house Clinicians will provide three different scenarios and roll-play the interview so you can see how to properly deliver the assessment

Objectives:

1. Understand what the BIMS is assessing.

2. Learn how to conduct the BIMS interview.

3. Verbalize when to properly stop and score the interview

Speaker Biography:

Michael Tidd has over 20 years of experience in the Home Care Industry and is a frequent speaker at HealthCare Synergy Workshops and Webinars. He is a Software Developer, LVN, and Certified in ICD-9/10 Coding and OASIS (COS-C, HCS-D). As the Clinical Manager for HealthCare Synergy, he directs the Outsourced Management Services, assists in directing the development of the Healthcare Assistant Web Edition, oversees the Clinical Documentation Auditing provided to clients, and directs the Clinical Form Development for the Healthcare Assistant Web Edition. Michael continues to educate agencies on the ongoing regulations that CMS produces, the proper application of the Medicare Conditions of Participation, and completing timely, accurate, and defendable clinical documentation to survive in the current Medicare Reimbursement Model.