Transfer of Health Information to the Patient Post-Acute Care
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
The percentage of Skilled Nursing Facility resident stays with an MDS discharge assessment indicating that a current reconciled medication list was provided to the patient, family and/or caregiver at the time of discharge. A process-based measure that assesses whether or not a current reconciled medication list was provided to the patient, family, or caregiver when the patient was discharged from a Post-acute Care setting to a home setting.
Numerator
The number of SNF resident stays with an MDS discharge assessment indicating that a current reconciled medication list was provided to the patient, family and/or caregiver at the time of discharge.
Denominator
The total number of SNF Medicare Part A covered resident stays ending in discharge to the following settings only: a private home/ apartment (apt.), board/care, assisted living, group home, or transitional living.
Exclusions
Patients/residents who died or discharged home under the care of an organised home health service or hospice are not included in this measure.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
None
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Collected using the Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI).
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Skilled Nursing Facilities Quality Reporting Program (CMS and Providers). Certification and Survey Provider Enhanced Reports (CASPER) Review and Correct Reports contain facility-level and resident-level measure information Will be reported on CMS Care Compare - delayed due to COVID-19.