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 ...

According to the researchers, the discharge planning process has long-term implications because part of the life course of adults who were born preterm is positively and negatively influenced early on ...

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 ...

In a long anticipated regulation, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently updated the hospital, critical access hospital (CAH) and home health agency (HHA) conditions of ...

1. Under the rule, hospitals must focus on patients’ care goals and treatment preferences during the discharge planning process. 2. Hospitals must assist patients in selecting a post-acute provider by ...

(Boston)-- Being a parent of a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) infant does not come with its own playbook of instructions. Preparing to care for a medically needy infant requires the mastery of ...

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 ...

A January review published in JAMA Internal Medicine outlined the different types of post-acute care (PAC) settings to help inform hospital discharge planning for patients. The review focused on short ...

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 ...

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 ...