The bipartisan legislation requires standardized data collection and assessment from post-acute healthcare providers.
“The IMPACT Act would allow Medicare to make such comparisons through uniform assessment among the various post-acute care settings, enabling improvements in hospital and post-acute care discharge planning,” reads the letter. “Ultimately, this information will enable CMS, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and other stakeholders to make determinations on how to reform post-acute care payment systems to improve patient outcomes and achieve better value.”
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