Medicare Discharge Home Care Path LLC

The Patient Protection and Affordability Care Act H.R. 3590 was signed by President Barack Obama in March 2010. There are specific parts of the bill that address discharge planning. H.R. 3590 section 2717 describes a process for monitoring health outcomes directly related to the discharge process. Section 3025 describes financial incentives to encourage hospitals to reduce readmissions through appropriate discharge planning. House H.R. 3962 section 1151 describes fiscal mandates targetting the reduction of preventable hospital readmissions secondary to the discharge planning process. You will begin to see hospital staff participating in Medicare 30 Day Readmissions policy and procedures training. This will involve technology enabled strategies for improved outcomes with discharge practise. Medicare providers will be challenged to collect and distribute mandated reports on discharge outcomes. The legeslations intent is to improve quality, reduce lengths of stay and readmissions, achieve optimal health outcomes at a lower cost. Medicare is paying certified Medicare providers for their service with these expectations in the contract. Certainly hospital medicine has grown in recent years, and communication among providers during transitioning patients is a particularly vulnerable area for hospital case managers. The referral process requires providers hand off patients to varied hospital departments , where limited information is communicated , resulting in a potential risk to the patient. Home Care Path LLC http://homecarepath.com accompanies seniors to provider visits.