CMS Issues Revisions to Hospital Guidelines for Informed Consent

Posted on April 30, 2007 by Michael Cassidy
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CMS has issued interpretive guidelines regarding informed consent relating to the conditions of participation requirements for patient rights, informed consent for surgical services, and the appropriate contents of medical records. The guidelines were released on April 13, 2007 and can be found at the following link:

http://www.cms.hhs.gov/SurveyCertificationGenInfo/downloads/SCLetter07-17.pdf
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Holly - May 31, 2007 9:58 AM

Do these new informed consent revisions for hospitals apply to Critical Access Hospitals?

Bill Bartmann - September 3, 2009 5:30 PM

Excellent site, keep up the good work

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