In the current health care system, there has been a significant shift in how Medicare reimburses hospitals for the services they provide to Medicare recipients. Under the Affordable Care Act, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have put in …show more content…
Respiratory therapies involvement in the multidisciplinary discharge process can have a great impact to a particular subset of patients that receive pulmonary services during their hospital admission. Respiratory therapy is the experts in the treatment, care and long-term management of pulmonary patients as with the disease process and treatments of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other pulmonary