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 ...

Care management tools and more robust data are giving health plans more influence over discharge planning and reducing ...

A reduction in hospital readmissions may improve quality and reduce costs. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has initiated a national effort to measure and publicly report on the conduct ...

CMS has developed a free, downloadable discharge planning checklist for patients preparing to leave a hospital or other healthcare setting. “Your Discharge Planning Checklist” is a six-page pamphlet ...

As hospitals struggle to reduce readmissions and improve quality, they are increasingly looking beyond the four walls of the organization to manage patients post-discharge. By extending care beyond ...

Discharge planning begins at admission. Let me repeat: Discharge planning begins at admission. Unfortunately, more often than not, discharge planning begins the night before or the morning of ...

Patients given transitional care before and during discharge from hospital—such as joint discharge planning follow up visits or phone calls—are less likely to be readmitted according to University of ...

Crafting an effective discharge plan doesn’t have to be an uphill battle for skilled nursing facilities if their teams commit to working together to individualize each plan in a way that considers the ...

My mother, age 78, had a stroke 3 recently. She was transferred to a rehabilitation center where she will stay 2-3 weeks. Her doctors are confident that she will be able to resume a fairly active and ...