Development and Maintenance of Post-Acute Care Cross-Setting Standardized Patient Assessment Data Focus Group Summary Report
Guidance for supporting CMS' efforts to develop, implement, and maintain standardized assessment-based data elements for post-acute care (PAC) in order to facilitate care coordination and interoperability and improve Medicare beneficiary outcomes as mandated in the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 (IMPACT Act of 2014).
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: April 05, 2016
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