Transfer of Health Information to Provider Post-Acute Care
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
The proportion of patient/resident stays or quality episodes with a discharge/transfer assessment indicating that a current reconciled medication list was provided to the subsequent provider at the time of discharge/transfer.
Numerator
The number of LTCH patient stays with a LTCH CARE Data Set discharge/transfer assessment indicating a current reconciled medication list was provided to the subsequent provider at the time of discharge/transfer.
Denominator
The total number of LTCH patient stays, regardless of payer, ending in discharge/transfer to the following settings only: a short-term general hospital, a SNF, intermediate care, home under care of an organised home health service organisation or hospice, hospice in an institutional facility, a swing bed, an IRF, another LTCH, a Medicaid nursing facility, an inpatient psychiatric facility, or a critical access hospital.
Exclusions
Patients who died are not included in this measure.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Data collected using the LTCH Continuity Assessment Record and Evaluation (CARE) Data Set (LCDS) and submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) via the Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES). The Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Continuity Assessment Record and Evaluation (CARE) Data Set (LCDS) is the assessment instrument LTCH providers use to collect patient assessment data in accordance with the LTCH Quality Reporting Program (QRP). Patient assessment data is collected on all patients at admission, discharge (planned or unplanned), and for patients who die (expired). The LCDS Version 5.0 was implemented October 1, 2022 and is currently in use.
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Long-Term Care Hospital Quality Reporting Program (CMS and Providers) Will be reported from September 2024 on CMS Care Compare - Long-term care hospitals and Provider Data Catalogue (Publicly reported) www.cms.gov/medicare/quality/long-term-care-hospital/ltch-quality-public-reporting.