SB1157 Assisted Living Facility/Group Home Documentation

Tip Sheet: Cerner Inpatient/Observation Changes for Patients Residing in Assisted Living Facilities/Group Home – Arizona Senate Bill – SB1157 Overview: Arizona Senate Bill/Law – SB1157 requires hospitals to ensure Assisted Living Facilities (ALF) and Group Homes (GH) can care for patients coming from the hospital to their ALF/GH. Hospitals are required to provide hospital-visit-specific treatment and medication information upon discharge and provide a point of contact number for the ALF or GH for inquiries for 48 hours after discharge. Cerner changes have been made to provide appropriate documentation and maintain compliance for SB1157 ▪ Identify patients coming from and returning to ALFs and GHs for ED, Inpatient, Obs, OPIB, PACU (rare) ▪ Communicate with the ALFs and GHs to confirm post-discharge acceptance ▪ Assemble the required visit-related documentation at time of discharge ▪ Provide point of contact to receive post-discharge ALF and GH inquiry calls for each Banner Arizona hospitals for 48-hour post-discharge Read the entire Arizona Senate Bill 1157 here

Cerner changes will be implemented on January 2, 2024

Acute RNs: A new mandatory field has been added to: ➢ Admission History Forms Adult, Adult OBS, Peds, Obstetric ➢ Behavioral Health Admission History Adult, Peds

When Acute RNs click Yes to “Patient resides in assisted living or group home” it creates a task to Care Coordination to complete Initial Assessment – see below under Care Coordination.

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