Discharge Planning: Compliance with CMS Hospital & CAH CoPs
Description
This program will cover the changes to the discharge planning standards published in February 2023. CMS has yet to publish revised interpretive guidelines and survey procedures to match the new regulations. The regulations apply to all hospitals, including Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs).
This program will discuss the Impact Act and how it affects hospital discharge planning. It requires standardized assessment, quality data, and resource data requirements. It requires hospitals to assist patients with post-discharge care such as home health, skilled nursing facilities, long-term care hospitals, and inpatient rehab facilities. Patients have freedom of choice and now information on all four must be provided to the patient except for CAHs.
The new regulations cover sections on patient timely access to medical records, the discharge planning process, discharge instructions, and discharge planning requirements. It will cover transfers to other facilities, assessment of readmission within 30 days, caregiver rights and recommendations, reduction of factors that lead to preventable readmissions, timely discharge planning, and more.
Discharge Planning Conditions of participation for Critical Access hospitals will be discussed briefly. Those regulations follow the Acute hospital's requirements.
This program will briefly discuss the worksheet previously utilized by surveyors for assessing compliance with the CMS hospital Conditions of Participation for discharge planning. Though the worksheet is no longer utilized, it is available to all facilities and is an excellent self-assessment tool.
Every hospital that accepts Medicare and Medicaid must comply with the CMS discharge planning guidelines. These standards must be followed for all patients and not just Medicare or Medicaid. CMS requires several discharge planning policies and procedures so come learn which ones are required and why.
Learning Objectives
- Discuss the CMS has revised the discharge planning requirements that apply to all hospitals and critical access hospitals
- Recall patients and physicians can request a discharge planning evaluation
- Discuss that information about the hospitalization must be provided to the physician or provider before the first post-hospital visit
- Describe that the patient has a right to get medical records timely including a copy of their discharge plan
Who Should Attend
- Discharge planners
- Transitional care nurses
- Social workers
- All staff nurses who discharge patients in a hospital setting
- Chief nursing officer
- Nurse educators
- Chief operation officer
- Chief medical officers
- Physicians
- Risk managers
- Regulatory/Compliance officer
- UR nurses
- Joint Commission coordinator
- Chief executive officer
- Nurse managers
- PI director
- Health information director
- Patient safety officer
- Any person serving on a hospital committee to redesign the discharge process to prevent unnecessary readmissions.
Webinar Details
Speaker
Laura A Dixon
Industry
Healthcare
Speciality
Nursing
Duration
90 Minutes
Laura A Dixon
(BS, JD, RN, CPHRM)
Laura A. Dixon recently served as the Regional Director of Risk Management and Patient Safety for Kaiser Permanente Colorado where she provided consultation and resources to clinical staff. Prior to joining Kaiser, she served as the Director, of Facility Patient Safety and Risk Management and Operations for COPIC from 2014 to 2020. In her role, Ms. Dixon provided patient safety and risk management consultation and training to facilities, practitioners, and staff in multiple states. Such services included the creation of presentations on risk management topics, assessment of healthcare facilities; and development of programs and compilation of reference materials that complement physician-oriented products.
Prior to joining COPIC, she served as the Director, of the Western Region, Patient Safety and Risk Management for The Doctors Company, Napa, California. In this capacity, she provided patient safety and risk management consultation to the physicians and staff in the western United States. Ms. Dixon’s legal experience includes medical malpractice insurance defense and representation of nurses before the Colorado Board of Nursing.
Ms. Dixon has more than twenty years of clinical experience in acute care facilities, including critical care, coronary care, peri-operative services, and pain management.
As a registered nurse and attorney, Laura holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Regis University, RECEP of Denver, a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Drake University College of Law, Des Moines, Iowa, and a Registered Nurse Diploma from Saint Luke’s School Professional Nursing, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She is licensed to practice law in Colorado and California.