EHR Intelligence October 26, 2020
Hospitals have until May 1, 2021, to demonstrate compliance with a CMS requirement for ADT event notifications.
With the publishing of the Interoperability and Patient Access final rule earlier this year, CMS has set May 1, 2021, as the deadline for all hospitals, including behavioral health and critical access hospitals, to comply with a requirement to send admission, discharge, and transfer (ADT) event notifications to all providers primarily responsible for a patient’s care.
The goal of the ADT real-time notifications requirement has the potential to improve transitions of care, enhance patient outcomes, decrease care costs, and improve patient and provider satisfaction by supporting improve care coordination, closing care gaps, and reducing readmissions.
WHAT IS REQUIRED?
Following the announcement of the...
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