Bill Title: Amends the Long Term Acute Care Hospital Quality Improvement Transfer Program Act. Provides that the Continuity and Record Evaluation (CARE) tool shall be identical to the most current version required by Medicare. Provides that the CARE tool shall be completed by a long term acute care (LTAC) hospital and submitted to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services within 13 calendar days (instead of 7 calendar days) after the patient is discharged. Provides that each LTAC hospital shall provide quality and outcome measurement data that is identical to the data specified in Medicare's Long Term Care Hospital Quality Reporting Program Manual. Removes provisions that specify the quality and outcome data that a LTAC hospital must provide. Provides that the Department must accept data reported to other State or federal authorities and that the Department shall not require LTAC hospitals to manually enter data into the Department's data system if that data has already been submitted to any other State or federal authority. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)

Status: (Passed) 2014-08-18 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0997 [HB5488 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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