Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Note:
Use YouTube For IMPACT Act Education
Published on Fri Jan 22, 2016
Learn more about the law that is already affecting your OASIS and quality programs with a new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services resource.
Watch a 23-minute MLN Connects video where CMS’s Chief Medical Officer reviews the IMPACT Act, which requires that patient assessment data used in four post-acute care settings (Home Health Agencies, Skilled Nursing Facilities, Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities, and Long-Term Care Hospitals) be standardized. The video is at www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQpGMg2-bhQ&.
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Home Health & Hospice Week
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