CMS has revised guidelines for the discharge planning condition of participation in the State Operations Manual. The revisions show the consolidation of 24 previous discharge planning tags into ...
November 3, 2015 marked the first time in more than 10 years that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated the Federal Conditions of Participation (CoPs) for Discharge Planning.
Discharge planning begins at admission. Let me repeat: Discharge planning begins at admission. Unfortunately, more often than not, discharge planning begins the night before or the morning of ...