tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2014 Issue 23

Post-Acute Care: 4 Major Perks of a New PAC Patient Assessment Tool

IMPACT Act paves the road for new and improved discharge methods. Change isn’t a walk in the park, but experts agree that the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act of 2014 will bring a much-needed renovation to the current discharge and patient placement processes. The law will require consistent, core data elements on each PAC setting’s assessment tool and eventually an assessment tool for all PAC settings to be used for transfer of care or discharge planning. Here are a few reasons why policymakers and providers support this move: 1) Medical decision-making in its rightful place...

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