Discharge Planning Guide: Tools for ComplianceBook discusses federal regulations surrounding discharge planning. |
Contents
Discharge planning The process | 11 |
The Social Security Act The foundation of your discharge | 21 |
HIPAA The Privacy Rule | 33 |
Emergency department discharges | 43 |
Understanding transfers discharges | 63 |
Patients rights and ensuring freedom of choice | 79 |
Hospital incentives that violate antikickback regulations | 93 |
Advance directives | 106 |
Mandatory reporting of abuse issues | 123 |
Limited English proficiency | 129 |
Medicare as secondary payer and other | 137 |
97 | 146 |
Practical solutions to perplexing patient situations | 149 |
Levelofcare screening tool | 163 |
Glossary of care plans | 181 |
Other editions - View all
Discharge Planning Guide: Tools for Compliance Jackie Birmingham,Jacqueline Joseph Birmingham No preview available - 2016 |
Discharge Planning Guide: Tools for Compliance Jackie Birmingham,Jacqueline Joseph Birmingham No preview available - 2010 |
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