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Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Changes to the Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation to Ensure Visitation Rights for All Patients
Document ID: CMS-2010-0207-1232
Document Type: Rule
Agency: Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services
Topics: Grant Programs-Health, Health Facilities, Hospitals, Medicaid, Medicare, Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements
This final rule will revise the Medicare conditions of participation for hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) to provide visitation rights to Medicare and Medicaid patients. Specifically, Medicare- and Medicaid participating hospitals and CAHs will be required to have written policies and procedures regarding the visitation rights of patients, including those setting forth any clinically necessary or reasonable restriction or limitation that the hospital or CAH may need to place on such rights as well as the reasons for the clinical restriction or limitation.
Document Subtype:
Final Rule
Received Date:
November 19 2010, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Start-End Page:
70831 - 70844
Page Count:
14
Comment Start Date:
November 19 2010, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Changes to the Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation to Ensure Visitation Rights for All Patients
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