| Subject: | CMS Revised Interpretive Guidelines for Anesthesia Services for Hospitals |
| Category: | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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| Published: | Wed, 30 Dec 2009 - 01:00 pm |
| As reviewed in the December 21, 2009 StayAlert Notice, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has published revised interpretive guidelines regarding anesthesia services in hospitals which are effective immediately. In summary the revised interpretive guidelines: Requires all services along the continuum of anesthesia services provided in a hospital be organized under a single Anesthesia Service, which must be directed by a qualified physician and consistently implemented in every... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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