Discharge to Community-Post Acute Care Measure for Long-Term Care Hospitals (LTCH)
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The Discharge to Community-Post Acute Care Measure for Long-Term Care Hospitals (DTC-PAC LTCH) was developed to address the resource use and other measures domain of Discharge to the Community mandated by the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 (IMPACT Act). This outcome measure assesses successful discharge to community from an LTCH, with successful discharge to community including no unplanned rehospitalizations and no death in the 31 days following LTCH discharge.
CBE ID3480