Discharge, Transfer and Discharge Planning

Sets when and how the Agency discharges a living patient or transfers care: the Medicare discharge reasons (moving out of the service area or transferring, no longer terminally ill, or for cause after the required steps); the written discharge order from the medical director, physician designee or a physician member of the interdisciplinary group, with the attending physician consulted (42 CFR §418.26(b), effective October 1, 2026); discharge planning; the Notice of Medicare Non-Coverage and the right to a fast appeal; the Notice of Termination/Revocation; the Florida comprehensive discharge summary for the receiving provider (s. 400.6095(7), F.S.); and the rule that no patient is discharged for inability to pay.