Meeting Medicare requirements for transitional care: Do stroke care and policy align?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study (1) describes transitional care for stroke patients discharged home from hospitals, (2) compares hospitals' standards of transitional care with core transitional care management (TCM) components recognized by Medicare, and (3) examines the association of policy and hospital specialty designations with TCM implementation.

Methods

Hospitals participating in the Comprehensive Post-Acute Stroke Services (COMPASS) Study provided data on their hospital, stroke patient population, and standards of transitional care. Hospital-reported transitional care strategies were compared with the federal TCM definition (2-day follow-up, 14-day visit, non-face-to-face services). We examined the associations of TCM billing, stroke center certification, and Magnet nursing exc

SUBMITTER: Bettger JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6404472 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature