| Subject: | CMS Issues Hospital Conditions of Participation Final Rule, Effective January 26, 2007 |
| Category: | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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| Published: | Wed, 27 Dec 2006 - 12:00 am |
| CMS has finalized changes to four of the conditions of participation (CoPs) that hospitals must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs, effective January 26, 2007.
According to CMS, this final rule responds to the health care community’s primary concern that current regulations related to completion of the history and physical examination, authentication of verbal orders, storage of medications, and completion of the postanesthesia evaluation are contrary to current medical... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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