Get Transfer Discharge Notice 2014-2024

A hospital will discharge you when you no longer need to receive inpatient care and can go home. Or, a hospital will discharge you to send you to another type of facility or help you coordinate home care.

Skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) often tell Medicare beneficiaries and their families that they intend to “discharge” a Medicare beneficiary because Medicare will not pay for the beneficiary's stay under either Part A (traditional Medicare) or Part C (Medicare Advantage).

If a resident is to be transferred or discharged, the facility must provide adequate notice to the resident and the resident's family member, guardian, or legal representative, in writing, at least 30 days in advance.

The Intent Transfer or Discharge Letter provides: Situations and reasons for a facility transfer or discharge of a resident. Notification of the right to appeal. Agencies to copy the letter, including the State LTC Ombudsman.

The usual discharge process involves informing patients and their families of the provider recommendation that the patient be discharged to a skilled nursing facility, at which time a list of nursing homes is provided, and the patient and family are instructed to make a choice.

If a resident is to be transferred or discharged, the facility must provide adequate notice to the resident and the resident's family member, guardian, or legal representative, in writing, at least 30 days in advance.

A resident cannot be discharged unless the nursing home develops a written discharge plan. The discharge plan must: Be developed by your doctor or, the nursing facility's medical director together with other medical staff.

• "Discharge" means movement from a facility to non institutional setting when the discharging. facility ceases to be legally responsible for the care of the resident. (Examples include but are not limited to: resident's home, adult foster care, children's home).