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CMS Manual System Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) Pub. 100-07 State Operations Provider Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Transmittal 75 Date: December 2, 2011 SUBJECT: Revised Appendix A, Interpretive Guidelines for Hospitals, and Appendix W, Interpretive Guidelines for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) I. SUMMARY OF CHANGES: Clarification is provided for existing hospital regulations 42 CFR (a) and (b), and new 42 CFR (h), concerning hospital patients rights, including advance directives and visitation rights. Clarification is provided for existing CAH regulations at 42 CFR (a), concerning compliance with Federal laws and regulations, including regulations governing advance directives and required patient disclosures. Guidance is provided for new 42 CFR (f), concerning CAH patients visitations rights.
not required to receive the IM. The IM is a standardized, OMB-approved form and cannot be altered from its original format. The IM is to be signed and dated by the patient to acknowledge receipt. See Exhibit 16 for a copy of the IM. Furthermore, 42 CFR 405.1205(c) requires that
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