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CMS Issues Final Rule on Hospital, Home Health Discharge Planning

For hospital case managers, post-acute care providers, compliance personnel

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a final rule revising requirements for discharge planning for hospitals, critical access hospitals, and home health agencies. The provisions in the final rule will take effect in approximately 60 days, and CMS will provide additional interpretative guidance in the near future.       

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