Crisis, answered plainly
What can I do if a hospital wants to discharge someone with nowhere safe to go?
Your rights, the appeal you can file today, and who to call.
Crisis, answered plainly
Your rights, the appeal you can file today, and who to call.
Medicare’s hospital rules require discharge planning and that patients be told about their post-hospital options. Ask the case manager / discharge planner to document why the plan is safe, and ask the patient advocate (or patient relations) to help if it isn’t.
Source: CMS, Discharge Planning — cms.gov.
If the patient has Medicare, you can appeal a discharge before leaving. Call the Beneficiary and Family Centered Care Quality Improvement Organization (BFCC-QIO) listed on the “Important Message from Medicare” you received at admission. While the appeal is pending, you generally can’t be charged for staying.
Source: Medicare.gov, discharge appeals — medicare.gov.
Call your local ADRC / Area Agency on Aging through the Eldercare Locator, 800-677-1116 or eldercare.acl.gov, for placement and options counseling. For a mental-health crisis, call or text 988; for local services, dial 211.
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