Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014
The Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 or IMPACT Act of 2014 () is a bill that is intended to change and improve Medicare's post-acute care (PAC) services and how they are reported. The bill was introduced into the United States House of Representatives during the 113th United States Congress. Background Under the current Medicare system, patients can get post-acute care, care after surgery or a stroke for example, from four different places: "a skilled nursing facility (SNF), a hospital-based inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF), a long-term care hospital (LTCH), or from a home health agency." Each organization has its own set of complicated rules, procedures, and costs. Provisions of the bill This summary is based largely on the summary provided by the Congressional Research Service, a public domain source. The Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 or the IMPACT Act of 2014 would amend title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) require post-acute care (PAC) providers to report standardized patient assessment data, data on quality measures, and data on resource use and other measures; (2) require the data to be interoperable