Discharge Planning Guide: Tools for Compliance

Discharge planners -- connecting patients and their families to their next level of care -- affect more post-acute care services than any hospital employee. And as hospitals strive to prevent denial days and improve the discharge process to prevent longer lengths of stay, overwhelmed discharge planners unknowingly risk compliance and often encounter provider, clinician, and patient resistance to their continuity of care plans. Knowing the rules and regulations is the first step in assuring compliance. Discharge Planning Guide: Tools for Compliance compiles the most significant federal regulations surrounding discharge planning and provides specific information that can be used every day to assure compliance. Book jacket.Birmingham, Jackie is the author of 'Discharge Planning Guide: Tools for Compliance' with ISBN 9781578394043 and ISBN 157839404X.