Transitional Care Management

Transitional Care Management Support After Discharge

CF Care Connect helps providers launch and manage TCM programs that engage patients immediately following a discharge from a hospital, skilled nursing facility, or other care setting, with structured outreach, medication reconciliation, care coordination, documentation support, reporting, and operational oversight.

TCM - CPT 99495, 99496 Post-Discharge Outreach Within 2 Business Days 30-Day Follow-Up Window Readmission Reduction
What we support

Managed TCM Operations

The post-discharge window is one of the highest-risk periods for patients. Our TCM operating model supports timely, structured engagement during this critical transition with care coordination workflows and operational oversight.

TCM Support Services
  • Post-discharge outreach within 2 business days
  • Patient risk stratification and assessment
  • Medication reconciliation workflow support under licensed client oversight
  • Follow-up appointment scheduling and coordination
  • Care plan review and patient education
  • Communication with discharging facility
  • 30-day discharge documentation and billing support
Program outcomes

Why TCM Requires Consistent Post-Discharge Operations

Support readmission-reduction efforts

Timely outreach and structured follow-up can support the client clinical team's efforts to address avoidable readmissions.

Support the post-discharge experience

Structured outreach can help patients navigate a stressful transition and keep follow-up needs visible to the client clinical team.

Support TCM billing readiness

Documented qualifying TCM services may support reimbursement, subject to eligibility, coverage, documentation, coding, and payer requirements.

Support referral-partner visibility

Documented transition workflows can provide useful operational visibility for practice and referral-partner discussions.

Demonstrate care quality for value-based programs

TCM performance metrics support quality reporting and risk-adjustment in value-based care arrangements.

Program responsibilities and readiness

How Transitional Care Management Responsibilities and Launch Readiness Work

The operating model is confirmed during feasibility review and documented before launch.

Clinical scope and escalation

CF Care Connect nonclinical operational staff do not make independent clinical decisions. Licensed client personnel retain clinical oversight, approve protocols and care plans, make all clinical decisions, and receive escalations through agreed pathways.

Client retains responsibility for

  • Confirm eligible discharges and required contact timeframes
  • Provide licensed clinical ownership and approve escalation protocols
  • Provide discharge, EHR, scheduling, and communication access
  • Retain medication reconciliation, treatment, coding, and billing decisions

CF Care Connect supports

  • Support approved post-discharge outreach workflows
  • Coordinate appointment, referral, and information follow-up
  • Document operational activity and perform workflow QA
  • Route medication questions, symptoms, and clinical concerns to licensed personnel

Implementation Prerequisites

  • Reliable discharge-notification and eligibility workflow
  • Named licensed owners and approved escalation contacts
  • Secure access to required discharge and scheduling information
  • Validated documentation and billing-readiness requirements

Measurement Framework

  • Eligible discharge and contact status
  • Appointment and referral coordination status
  • Open information and follow-up items
  • Escalation routing and resolution status
  • Documentation and billing-readiness status

Targets, definitions, data sources, owners, and reporting cadence are agreed before launch. Outcomes are not guaranteed.

Representative Patient Journey

This sample illustrates workflow ownership; the actual journey depends on the client-approved program design.

  1. 01

    Client confirms an eligible discharge and clinical owner

  2. 02

    CF receives the approved outreach task and required information

  3. 03

    Patient contact and appointment coordination follow the client workflow

  4. 04

    Operational needs and missing information are documented

  5. 05

    Clinical or medication questions route to licensed client personnel

  6. 06

    Reporting shows contact, follow-up, escalation, and documentation status

Test the program model before launch.

Share the population, technology environment, current status, timeline, and primary operational challenge.

Request a Program Feasibility Review
Workflow discipline

Structured Workflows. Clear Documentation. Scalable Oversight.

Our program workflows are designed to support documentation alignment, engagement tracking, reimbursement visibility, and operational consistency from launch through scale while integrating into existing provider workflows.

Structured Workflows

Defined workflow steps structured to align with program requirements and documentation expectations at every stage.

Clear Documentation

Workflows designed to support documentation alignment, audit-ready records, and reimbursement workflow visibility.

Human Oversight

Human review processes integrated into every program workflow to support accuracy, escalation discipline, and operational consistency.

Engagement Tracking

Interactions completed within the configured program workflow are tracked and documented to support transparency, reporting, and engagement visibility.

Reimbursement Visibility

Time capture and activity documentation designed to support reimbursement workflow alignment across all supported CPT codes.

Operational Consistency

Designed to integrate into existing provider workflows without disrupting clinical operations or adding administrative burden as programs grow.

Get started

Support Transitional Care Coordination at Scale

CF will review your eligible patient opportunity, program goals, enrollment requirements, staffing needs, technology environment, documentation workflow, billing readiness, and target launch timeline.

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