CMS has revised guidelines for the discharge planning condition of participation in the State Operations Manual. The revisions show the consolidation of 24 previous discharge planning tags into ...
Discharge planning is a process that should begin as soon as patients are admitted to the hospital. In a perfect world, healthcare team members, patients, and families communicate and work together to ...
New discharge planning requirements of the IMPACT Act went into effect Nov. 29 and the rule, finalized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Sep. 30 addresses post-acute care ...
On June 6, 2023, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) provided a Quality Safety & Oversight (QSO) memorandum outlining CMS-identified concerns with respect to the patient discharge ...
“Quality starts with data,” Mr. Ferry says. Data on the discharge process and outcomes helps hospitals identify where weaknesses in the system are and correct them to improve quality. In addition, ...
Objective. To describe the development, validity and application of a new instrument (PREPARED) for obtaining feedback from community consumers of discharge planning activities. Design. Iterative ...
As COVID-19 cases have occurred in all 50 states, it is not surprising that infections already have been documented in correctional facilities. Incarcerated populations are at elevated risk of adverse ...