§ 441.154 - Active treatment.

§ 441.154 Active treatment.

Inpatient psychiatric services must involve “active treatment”, which means implementation of a professionally developed and supervised individual plan of care, described in § 441.155 that is -

(a) Developed and implemented no later than 14 days after admission; and

(b) Designed to achieve the beneficiary's discharge from inpatient status at the earliest possible time.