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HHS/CMS | RIN: 0938-AQ89 | Publication ID: Spring 2011 |
Title: ●Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation and Patient Safety Requirements (CMS-3244-P) | |
Abstract: This rule revises the Conditions of Participation (CoPs) for both hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs). The revisions focus on improving patient safety in hospitals by reducing hospital-acquired conditions including health care-associated infections, reducing hospital and critical access hospitals(CAHs) readmissions, the use of surgical and medical checklists, the use of rapid response teams, the roles of advanced practice registered nurses( APRNs) and physicians assistants(PAs)in patient care, and expanding the responsibility for organization and conduct of medical staff | |
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services(HHS) | Priority: Other Significant |
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage |
Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: No |
CFR Citation: 42 CFR 482 42 CFR 485 | |
Legal Authority: 42 USC 1302 42 USC 1395hh and 1395rr |
Legal Deadline:
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No | Government Levels Affected: None |
Small Entities Affected: Businesses | Federalism: No |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No | |
Agency Contact: CAPT Scott Cooper Senior Technical Advisor Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, Mail Stop S3-01-02, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244 Phone:410 786-9465 Email: scott.cooper@cms.hhs.gov |