Guidelines General Recovery Care - mcg.com

1 GuidelinesINDICIAG eneral Recovery CareDesigned to complement Inpatient & Surgical care , the admission and discharge criteria in General Recovery care help care teams manage cases when there is no clear diagnosis, when no specific Inpatient & Surgical care guideline appears applicable, or when the clinical situation is too complex for a specific guideline. With General Recovery care , you can:OPTIMIZE care FOR complex CONDITIONSE nsure the delivery of medically necessary care based on the latest available evidence using detailed indications for admission when a patient has multiple illnesses, multiple traumas, or other unclear or complex conditions or determine the appropriate length of stay for clinically complex patients with Benchmark Length of Stay guidance derived from MCG s proprietary analysis and clinical review of discharge the medical necessity of discharge to a Long-Term Acute care Hospital (LTACH).

2 DETERMINE LENGTH OF STAYJUSTIFY ADMISSIONSGENERAL Recovery CARET aken together, Inpatient & Surgical care and General Recovery care cover the entire spectrum of conditions and procedures requiring hospital admission. General Recovery care enables the effective management of complex cases where a single Inpatient & Surgical care guideline or set of Guidelines does not apply, including the treatment of patients with comorbidities or multiple indications for admission or procedure Indications summarized in each guideline, making them quick and easy to use while providing clinical detail for managing patients with complex or uncertain length of stay (BLOS) Benchmark length-of-stay values developed from the analysis of data on large groups of patients with similar diagnosis or procedure codes, combined with clinical reviews of discharge acute care hospital (LTACH)

3 care Admission criteria for patients who need intensive clinical intervention and frequent diagnostic services, including daily physician visits in a longer-term criteria and information Body System Guidelines General Recovery Course Discharge Criteria Evaluation and Treatment Operative Status Criteria Case Management Guidelines care Management Tools General Recovery Guidelines tools, including Inpatient Palliative care , Home care , and Recovery Facility care criteriaMCG Health, part of the Hearst Health network901 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2000, Seattle, WA 98164 | 888 464 4746 | 02/18