Discharge procedures for patients moving from hospitals to skilled nursing facilities would face tougher scrutiny under a proposed rule released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on ...

The head wound patient in the emergency department's bay three just threw up and a patient discharged over the weekend needs a follow up call regarding how he is recovering from his complicated ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Monday proposed new rules to discharge planning requirements for long-term care hospitals, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, critical access ...

GALVESTON -- Confirming many elderly patients' worst fears, a national study has shown that being hospitalized for an acute event, such as a stroke or hip fracture, can lead to long-term ...

Following discharge after coronary artery bypass graft, there is high variability of skilled nursing facility use among different hospitals. Among different hospitals, there is high variability of ...

Patients who have had vascular surgeries are often readmitted to the hospital for a variety of reasons — often preventable — more often than patients who undergo different types of surgeries. These ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “The fact that we found some of the patient-reported outcome measures were no different at any time point, with ...

BPCI participation did not significantly change the number of SNF partners or discharge concentration among hospitals. Hospitals may feel constrained by CMS requirements for patient choice, limiting ...

Nursing home residents who suffer from serious mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders face a variety of barriers preventing their potential discharge ...