If you're feeling a time crunch at work, you're not alone. Case managers are often juggling heavy caseloads and an increasing number of job responsibilities.
Although the 2014 inpatient prospective payment system final rule didn't bring too many changes to the process of discharge planning, you can and should be using the discharge plan to meet some of the updated documentation requirements.
Last month, CMM outlined the new CMS 2014 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) guidelines, which revised inpatient admission standards (see correction on p. 4). This month we're going to offer some tips to assist you to help physicians document accurately, and inform you about some other changes that will affect the way case managers do business when it comes to meeting the new standard.
