Among the information that must be included in the report are: the name, address, and the department-assigned unique identifier of the health
care facility making the report, the name and contact information of the person making the report, the location within the health
care facility where the adverse health care event occurred, and the date and time the event occurred.
Orders are routed through Ceres to vendors who drop-ship to the
care facility and invoice Ceres, which pays them directly.
Patients should be transferred to an acute
care facility if they are clinically unstable and more aggressive treatment is warranted, diagnostic testing or necessary therapy is not available for that patient, comfort measures cannot be assured, or specific infection control measures are not available.
Placement in a nursing
care facility is one option for patients who require specific medical care.
Custodial care must be provided in a skilled or intermediate
care facility and home care is included.
However, the data base used by HCFA to compute the PPS construction cost index is of historical interest for analysis of health
care facility construction trends.
In addition, designers of new State buildings must consider inclusion of a day
care facility.
For example, in a long term
care facility, a typical refinement would be to replace a step-up shower entry with one that allows roll-in access for wheelchairs.
Q: Our long-term
care facility manual indicates that Medicare doesn't pay for the day the resident is discharged from the facility to the hospital.
Addabbo Family Health Center, where a new three-story health
care facility will be built.
