tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 13

Hospital Admissions: Doctors Could Have 30 Days Before Admission To Perform Exam

Podiatrists may gain hospital admitting privilegesGood news: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services could be giving providers some breathing room on important hospital care issues.After pressure from doctors, CMS agreed to revise its policies on hospital admissions. The changes came in the proposed rule for revising hospital conditions of participation, published in the March 25 Federal Register (Vol. 70, No. 57, pp.15266-15274). The current Medicare policy requires a doctor to perform a physical exam and history for every patient within seven days before, or 48 hours after, a hospital admission. Only a medical doctor or osteopath...

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