| Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Resources CMS Guidance on Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit CMS list of poorest-performing nursing facilities nationwide, also known as special focus facilities (SFFs) Continuity Assessment Record and Care Evaluation (CARE) Instrument - Last updated October 31, 2007 The Medicare Continuity Assessment Record and Evaluation (CARE) is a uniform patient assessment instrument designed to measure differences in patient severity, resource utilization, and outcomes for patients in acute and post-acute care settings. This tool will be used by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to: (1) standardize program information on Medicare beneficiaries' acuity at discharge from acute hospitals, (2) document medical severity, functional status and other factors related to outcomes and resource utilization at admission, discharge, and interim times during post acute treatment, and (3) understand the relationship between severity of illness, functional status, social support factors, and resource utilization. The CARE instrument will be used in the Post-Acute Care (PAC) Payment Reform Demonstration program mandated by Section 5008 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to develop payment groups that reflect patient severity and related cost and resource use across post acute settings. July 16, 2007 ASCP Letter to CMS About Requirement for Tamper-Resistant Prescriptions for Medicaid Recipients July 2007 CMS Proposes to Remove Exemption of FAX Prescriptions from e-Prescribing Requirements Links to Key CMS Web Pages
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