| Subject: | CMS Interpretive Guidance on Restraint and Seclusion Regulations |
| Category: | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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| Published: | Thu, 1 May 2008 - 04:00 pm |
| The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has recently published updated interpretive guidance for the regulatory changes published in the Hospital Conditions of Participation: Patients' Rights Fnal Rule, December 8, 2006, revising the restraint and seclusion requirements (42 CFR 482.13 (e), (f), and (g)). Over the next week the StayAlert Administrator will provide an overview of the updated interpretive guidance. According to CMS, the intent of this standard is to identify... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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