Discharge Planning, Transfer, and Discharge Summaries

Sets out the reasons for which a patient may be discharged under LAC 48:I §9123.G.1, how discharge planning starts at admission and continues throughout care, the discharge procedures Louisiana requires (notify the authorized healthcare provider, document discharge planning and a discharge summary, and forward the summary to the provider), the discipline discharge summaries due within five business days, the transfer form sent to a receiving facility, and, if the Agency is Medicare-certified, the federal discharge planning standard and the 5-business-day discharge summary and 2-business-day transfer summary.