When evaluating a family's ability, willingness, and availability to provide needed care to patients, discharge planners may become aware of scenarios that are not reasonable or safe for the patient.
The Community-Based Care Transitions Program (CCTP), also known as Grant 3026, is mandated by Section 3026 of the Patient Protection andAffordable Care Act and provides funding to test models for improving care transitions for high-risk Medicare beneficiaries.
Medical City Hospital (MHC) in Dallas asked its core measurement teams for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), pneumonia, and heart failure to develop readmission reduction processes for each condition.
From the Important Message from Medicare to the discharge instructions, case managers juggle a myriad of forms throughout a patient stay. CMS added another form to the list when it implemented the face-to-face encounter requirement for home health referrals.
An interrupted stay occurs when a patient is discharged from a long-term acute care hospital (LTAC) for treatment and services that are not available in the LTAC and after a specific number of days away from the LTAC, is readmitted to the same LTAC for further medical treatment.
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Facilities that feel they have a strong inpatient admission screening process but still have a high observation rate may need to look closely at their data.
