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The history, design, and classification rules of the DRG system, as well as its application to patient discharge data and updating procedures, are presented in the CMS DRG Definitions Manual (Also known as the Medicare DRG Definitions Manual and the Grouper Manual). A new version generally appears every October. The 20.0 version appeared in 2002.
The Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 or the IMPACT Act of 2014 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to direct the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) require post-acute care (PAC) providers to report standardized patient assessment data, data on quality measures, and data on ...
The Hill-Burton Act of 1946, which provided federal assistance for the construction of community hospitals, established nondiscrimination requirements for institutions that received such federal assistance—including the requirement that a "reasonable volume" of free emergency care be provided for community members who could not pay—for a period for 20 years after the hospital's construction.
An average of 12,493 hospital beds per day last month were occupied by people ready to be discharged. ‘Frustration’ that hospital discharge funds cannot be spent averting admissions Skip to ...
Medicare Part A covers the cost of a skilled nursing facility for conditions that begin with a hospital stay and require ongoing care after discharge. While this seems simple, a few specific ...
A person can talk with their doctor or hospital discharge planner to get help finding a Medicare-certified SNF that meets their needs. Medicare 100-day limit Medicare pays differently, depending ...
CMS defines a hospital readmission as "an admission to an acute care hospital within 30 days of discharge from the same or another acute care hospital. [1]" It uses an "all-cause" definition, meaning that the cause of the readmission does not need to be related to the cause of the initial hospitalization.
Discharge planning processes can be effective in reducing a patient's length of stay in hospital. For example, for older people admitted with a medical condition, discharge planning has been shown to improve satisfaction, reduce the overall length of stay, and within 3-month period reduce the likelihood of readmission. [ 4 ]