| Subject: | CMS Final Rule Regarding Physician Coverage Disclosure |
| Category: | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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| Published: | Mon, 22 Oct 2007 - 06:00 am |
| As part of the Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 2008 Rates Final Rule, CMS adopted a provision § 489.20(v) to require that hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAH) furnish all patients written notice at the beginning of their hospital stay or outpatient service if a doctor of medicine or a doctor of osteopathy is not present in the hospital 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Additionally, the notice must describe how the... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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