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Have you ever been through a complicated discharge process with an elderly relative after pretty comprehensive hip and knee replacement surgery?

Your comments sound like someone with a lot of theory and not a lot of experience.

Perhaps I am wrong.

But, the real world part of this is that hospitals will not get paid if that score doesn’t rise.

And trust me, go ask a nurse or doctor if they feel comfortable submitting falsified reports. Hospitals, States, and Medicare take that stuff very seriously.

More govt involvement in healthcare is not the answer. It’s causing more problems than it will ever solve. Of course, it’s good for paperpushers and administrative types like yourself.

There was so many posts from you, I should have just put it in one reponse- but what was so complicated about your elderly relative’s discharge process?
If the patient was going home- they should look at their wound, if it is infected- call the doc. Go to your PT appointments. Take your blood thinner- Lovenox, Coumadin or aspirin. Try to walk and bend your knees.
What is so difficult about that?
Unless, you expected the hospital to place your relative in a nursing home, because no one wants to take care of relatives anymore. That is a complicated process, and the hospital does not get paid for the manpower to perform this task. This is a social burden placed on the hospitals, because we have to worry about a patient’s living situation. If someone sells me a car, the car dealership does not have to worry about where the car is going.