Discharge Planning, Transfer and Discharge Summaries, and Written Termination Notice

Sets how the Agency plans for discharge from admission, the reasons it may transfer or discharge a patient, and the Florida rule that when it ends services for a patient who still needs care (as the practitioner determines), it develops a plan and makes a referral to another agency or provider before termination and notifies the patient in writing of the date of and reason for termination and the plan for continued services. It covers the discharge visit, Medicare termination notices, transfer to a facility or another agency (including sending a copy of the record on request), the Florida termination summary, and, if the Agency is Medicare-certified, the transfer summary within 2 business days and the discharge summary within 5 business days.