Discharge Planning. If further care at home or in another facility is appropriate following discharge from the Hospital, Blue Shield will work with the Member, the attending Physician and the Hospital discharge planners to determine the most appropriate and cost effective way to provide this care.
Discharge Planning. 4.11.11.1 The Contractor shall maintain and operate a formalized discharge-planning program that includes a comprehensive evaluation of the Member’s health needs and identification of the services and supplies required to facilitate appropriate care following discharge from an institutional clinical setting.
Discharge Planning. The HMO must have a protocol for quickly assessing the needs of Members discharged from a Hospital or other care or treatment facility. The HMO’s Service Coordinator must work with the Member’s PCP, the hospital discharge planner(s), the attending physician, the Member, and the Member’s family to assess and plan for the Member’s discharge. When long-term care is needed, the HMO must ensure that the Member’s discharge plan includes arrangements for receiving community-based care whenever possible. The HMO must ensure that the Member, the Member’s family, and the Member’s PCP are all well informed of all service options available to meet the Member’s needs in the community.
Discharge Planning the evaluation of an Enrollee’s health care and social support needs, including long term care, mental health or substance abuse service needs, in order to arrange for appropriate care after discharge from an institutional level of care to another level of care.
Discharge Planning. Discharge planning will begin at the time of initial assessment, be specified in the treatment goals and in the client plan and is accomplished through collaborative communication with the designated County placing agency and MHP staff. In the case of an emergency discharge (i.e. psychiatric hospitalization, removal of client by self, or family, serious illness or accident, etc) the MHP staff will be contacted and consulted immediately and at the latest within 24 hours.
Discharge Planning. The MCO must have a protocol for quickly assessing the needs of Members discharged from a Hospital or other care or treatment facility. The MCO’s Service Coordinator must work with the Member’s PCP, the Hospital discharge planner(s), the attending physician, the Member, and the Member’s family to assess and plan for the Member’s discharge. When Long-term Services and Supports is needed, the MCO must ensure that the Member’s discharge plan includes arrangements for receiving community-based care whenever possible. The MCO must ensure that the Member, the Member’s family, and the Member’s PCP are all well informed of all service options available to meet the Member’s needs in the community.
Discharge Planning. CONTRACTOR shall prepare a discharge plan for the patient’s 30 discharge from recuperative care that shall be shared with the patient, the patient’s primary care 31 provider, and other providers involved in the Whole Person Care Plan of the patient, as appropriate.
Discharge Planning. 20.8.1 Contractor shall have written policies and procedures or shall adopt the County’s policies and procedures regarding discharge. These procedures shall contain the following:
Discharge Planning a. begins at admission;
Discharge Planning. Each Hospital agrees to cooperate with Company’s system for the coordinated discharge planning of Covered Persons, including the planning of any necessary continuing care.
