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Promising Practices in HCBS: Colorado- Hospital Discharge Fast Track
11/12/2004 | Requests *Summary
This document describes Colorado’s Fast Track program, which aims to improve access to home and community-based services after a hospital discharge. In this program, staff work to facilitate quick eligibility determination for hospital patients who need long-term care after discharge. The program seeks to decrease unnecessary nursing home admittance. The implementation and impact of this program are described in the document.
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Available Files
- CO-Fast Track PDF (182K)
Keywords
Nursing Facility Transition; Medicaid; Human Services; Hospital discharge; fast track
Topic
Aging Issues, Long-Term Care, Organizational Change, State/Agency Information, Transition/Diversion from Institutions
Type/Tool
Promising practices
Source
CMS, Thomson Reuters (formerly Medstat)
State
Colorado
Date Created
06/15/2004
Contact
Latrice Burrell
CO Dept. of Health Care Policy and Financing
latrice.burrell@state.co.us
303-866-5902
CO Dept. of Health Care Policy and Financing
latrice.burrell@state.co.us
303-866-5902
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* Reflects requests since January 1, 2007
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HCBS / Clearinghouse for the Community Living Exchange Collaborative / (http://www.hcbs.org)