Currently, only inpatient Medicare beneficiaries are required to receive notice of this right. The new rule would expand notification requirements to all Medicare patients at hospitals; rehabilitation, home health and public health agencies; long-term facilities; and ambulatory surgical centers among other facilities, according to the report.
CMS will accept comments on the proposed rule until April 3.
Read the AHA News Now report on Medicare patient notifications.
Read the proposed rule here (pdf).
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