tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 33

Home Care: Hospitals Must Inform Discharged Patients Of All HHA Options

CMS unveils new steps to "improve" hospital training. Ensuring hospitals give patients a choice of home health agencies just got easier, thanks to a finalized hospital condition of participation on discharge planning. The basics: Starting Oct. 1, a revised hospital COP specifically requires hospitals to give a list of Medicare-participating HHAs to patients discharged to home care, document giving the list, keep the list current, inform patients that they have a choice of post-acute providers and disclose any financial interest the hospital might have in HHAs on the list. Hospitals' failure to perform these tasks "brings...

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