42 CFR 482. 43 -- Condition of participation: Discharge planning. The hospital must have an effective discharge planning process that focuses on the patient's goals and treatment preferences and includes the patient and his or her caregivers support person (s) as active partners in the discharge planning for post-discharge care
CMS’ Discharge Planning Rule Supports Interoperability and Patient . . . The Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services (CMS) today issued a final rule that empowers patients to make informed decisions about their care as they are discharged from acute care into post-acute care (PAC), a process called “discharge planning ”
Overview of CMS Requirements for Hospital Discharges to Post-Acute Care . . . The discharge planning process and the discharge plan must be consistent with the patient’s goals for care and his her treatment preferences, ensure an effective transition of the patient from hospital to post-discharge care, and reduce the factors leading to preventable readmissions
Discharge Planning in Hospitals – Two Important Clarifications The hospital conditions of participation can be found in Title 42, part 482 of the Federal Regulations and includes 25 subparts, encompassing everything from the medical staff and nursing services to food and dietetic services to infection prevention to fire safety, and of course discharge planning These discharge planning conditions were
CMS FINAL RULE ON DISCHARGE PLANNING REQUIREMENTS - Kutak Rock CMS is finalizing certain standards for discharge planning for hospitals that outline the discharge planning process, the provision and transmission of the patient’s necessary medical information upon discharge, and requirements related to post-acute care (“PAC”) services
Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Revisions to Requirements for Discharge . . . On September 30, 2019 CMS issued a final rule to revise the discharge planning conditions of participation (CoPs) for hospitals, critical access hospitals and home health agencies and would also implement the discharge planning requirements of the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT Act) of 2014 Who’s Impacted: The
CMS Issues Requirements for Hospital Discharges to Post-Acute Care . . . On June 6, 2023, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a Quality Safety Oversight memorandum (“QSO Memo”) reminding state survey agencies, accrediting organizations, and hospitals of the requirements for discharges and transfers to post-acute care (“PAC”) providers
Proposed Revisions to Discharge Planning Requirements This proposed rule would revise the discharge planning requirements that Hospitals, including Long-Term Care Hospitals and Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities, Critical Access Hospitals, and Home Health Agencies must meet in order to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs
Requirements for Hospital Discharges to Post-Acute Care Providers regulatory requirements for discharges and transfers to post-acute care providers • Highlighting the risks to patients’ health and safety that can occur due to an unsafe discharge • Recommendations that hospitals can leverage to improve their discharge policies and procedures to improve and protect patients’ health and safety Background: