Discharge Planning, Transfer and Discharge Summaries, and Completion of Discharged Records

Sets out how the Agency plans each patient’s discharge from the start of care (the discharge and referral plan in the plan of treatment, 22 CCR §74697(b)(12)); involves social workers (§74713(c)(6)); records the discharge statement with the date, reason, and condition on discharge (§74735(a)(9)); completes the records of discharged patients within 30 days (§74731(c)); and, if the Agency is Medicare-certified, runs an effective discharge planning process using quality and resource use data (42 CFR §484.58), sends the discharge summary within 5 business days and transfer summaries within 2 business days (§484.110(a)(6)), and updates the comprehensive assessment at discharge (§484.55(d)(3)).