Discharge Planning

There is no better way to start the week and the slew of incoming emails than with a great belly laugh. One of the first messages in my inbox Monday elicited exactly such a response…  It stated, “I’ve...

Getting referrals from hospitals, home health agencies and hospice agencies isn’t only about the quality of care you provide.  Sure, you’ll need to have consistently good outcomes, a clean and...

The decrease in discharges to SNFs could have profound implications for the future of post-acute care and may hasten a reckoning about the instability of the nation’s nursing homes, physician researchers...

Medical residents don’t appear to know as much about transitioning patients to post-acute care as they say they do, a new survey finds. With discharges to post-acute care expected to spike, closing this...

Fully 80% of respondents said they received and understood their discharge instructions. But at least two-thirds would have liked more help with their medication regimen, physician referrals, and other...

A program shown to improve resident discharge in nursing homes and cut readmissions works best when it is implemented gradually, according to a new study.

A high-dose painkiller prescription often accompanies hospital patients upon discharge to a skilled nursing facility. The result is a complex medication management challenge for care providers, investigators...

No approval is needed for transferring or discharging residents between facilities for certain cohorting purposes, the agency says.

COVID-19 patients can be discharged whenever clinically indicated, with no requirement to meet certain CMS criteria, the agency states.

Heart patients were less likely to be rehospitalized 30 days after discharge from a skilled nursing facility when home care was prescribed.