Industry Note:
CMS Tosses List Of 22 Items For Discharge/Transfer Summaries
Published on Fri Sep 27, 2019
Medicare rule takes a step back on many proposed discharge requirements. Nearly four years after it was first proposed, CMS has finalized its rule on discharge planning. In addition to home health discharges, it covers those for acute and critical access hospitals. The November 2015 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rule proposed 22 items that would be required in [...]