The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposes to modernize the discharge planning requirements to improve patient care, reduce complications, and avoid readmissions. They are also proposing to implement the discharge planning requirements of the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Transformation Act of 2014 (IMPACT Act 2014) that requires hospitals and post-acute care settings to take into account quality measures and access to information for a well-informed patient. An estimated one-third of re-hospitalizations might be avoided with improved comprehensive transitional care from the hospital to the community per the proposed rule.
