| Subject: | CMS Enforcement of Requirements for Certain Hospital and Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Disclosures to Patients |
| Category: | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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| Published: | Fri, 4 Jan 2008 - 06:00 am |
| The final CMS Inpatient Prospective Payment Regulation requires, beginning October 1, 2007, certain disclosures to patients by physician-owned Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and by hospitals and CAHs that do not have a physician on site 24 hours/day, seven days/week. The StayAlert Administrator first reviewed these new regulations in a notice dated October 22, 2007. CMS has recently published a memorandum to State Survey Agency Directors providing further detail on the... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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