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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 7500 Security Boulevard, Mail Stop C2-21-16 Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850
Center for Clinical Standards and Quality /Survey & Certification Group
DATE: TO:
March 15, 2013 State Survey Agency Directors
Ref: S&C: 13-20-Acute Care
FROM:
Director Survey and Certification Group
SUBJECT: Guidance for Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs) Related to Various Rules Reducing Provider/Supplier Burden
Memorandum Summary
? Various Burden Reduction Regulations Adopted: ? On October 24, 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule revising the ASC Patient Rights regulation at 42 CFR 416.50, effective December 23, 2011 (76 FR 65886).
? On November 30, 2011, CMS published the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System rule, effective January 1, 2012 (76 FR 74122). The rule included revisions to 42 CFR 489.20(w), governing required notice to patients by hospitals and CAHs that do not have an doctor of medicine (MD) or doctor of osteopathy (DO) present in the hospital or CAH at all times.
? On May 16, 2012, CMS published two final rules (77 FR 29002 & 77 FR 29034) which included provisions:
? For Hospitals: Revisions of the Conditions of Participation (CoPs) concerning governing body, patient's rights, medical staff, nursing services, medical records, pharmaceutical services, infection control, outpatient services and transplant center organ recovery and receipt.
? For CAHs: Revisions of the CoPs concerning definitions, personnel qualifications, physical plant and environment, and surgical services.
? For ASCs: Revision of the Condition for Coverage (CfC) for environment.
? State Operations Manual (SOM) Revisions: Appendices A (hospitals), W (CAHs) and L (ASCs) are revised to reflect these final rules, except that transplant center guidance will be updated separately. In addition, we are taking this opportunity to make minor technical corrections to Appendix L.
? Automated Survey Processing Environment (ASPEN) Changes: ASPEN regulatory text and tags have been updated for hospitals and CAHs. ASC updates will be made in ASPEN at a later date. Some tags have been renumbered, consolidated or deleted. A crosswalk from the old to the new tags is provided.
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Hospital/CAH Required Notices
The Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System rule published on November 30, 2011 (76 FR 74122) and effective January 1, 2012 included revisions to 42 CFR 489.20(w), governing required notice to patients by hospitals and CAHs that do not have an MD or DO present in the hospital or CAH at all times (i.e., 24 hours per day, 7 days per week).
Key Changes:
? Outpatient services: Notice is only required for those outpatients receiving observation services, surgery, or any other procedure using anesthesia. Previously, notice was required to be given to all outpatients. In the preamble to the revised rule, CMS stated that providing notice to all outpatients was not necessary for patient safety and was too burdensome for hospitals and CAHs. The revised rule instead limits outpatient disclosures to those patients receiving observation services or procedures using anesthesia, since these are situations where the risk of an emergency is greater, or the length of the outpatient visit makes them more like hospital inpatient situations. Notice continues to be required for all hospital and CAH inpatients.
? ED signage instead of individual notice: In the emergency department, signage regarding this notice is required to be posted publicly; individual notices to each patient are not required, unless the patient is admitted as an inpatient or provided observation services.
? Multi-campus hospitals: In the case of multi-campus hospitals, a separate determination is required for each campus (including main location, remote location, or satellite location) providing inpatient services whether an MD or DO is present in each location at all times, and thus whether or not a notice is required for that campus.
Clarifications Added to Guidance:
? Timing of notice in an emergency: The requirement for the hospital or CAH to get a signed acknowledgement of the disclosure from the patient before admitting the patient or providing applicable outpatient services, but qualifies this in the case of an emergency when it is in the best interest of the patient's safety to proceed with treatment before the required notice can be given and acknowledgement can be obtained. In such circumstances, the hospital must provide notice and obtain acknowledgement as soon as possible after the patient's stay or visit begins.
? Off-campus same-day surgery: For an off-campus provider-based hospital or CAH sameday surgery department, notice to patients is only required if the main provider campus does not have an MD or DO present 24/7.
Physician-Owned Hospitals: There is an additional disclosure requirement at ?411.362(b)(5)(i) that applies only to physician-owned hospitals. Section 411.362(b)(5)(i) implements provisions of Section 6001(a) of the Affordable Care Act and provides that physician-owned hospitals must continue to provide notice to all inpatients and all outpatients when they do not have an MD/DO on-site 24/7. However, this regulation is not enforced through the survey and certification
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process, and there is no need for State Survey Agencies (SAs) to apply a different standard to physician-owned hospitals and CAHs when assessing compliance under the CoPs. In other words, ?489.20(w) applies to all hospitals and CAHs, including those that are physician-owned.
Hospital CoP Changes:
Governing Body:
? Multi-hospital governing body: Under ?482.12, if a hospital is part of a hospital system of separately certified hospitals, the system has the option of having a single governing body serve as the governing body for each hospital within that system. Each separately certified hospital must continue to demonstrate its compliance with the Medicare CoPs on a hospitalspecific basis.
? Medical staff membership on the governing body: The regulation also included a new requirement for a member of the medical staff to serve on the governing body. However, consistent with SC-12-36 HOSPITAL, issued June 15, 2012, we are not providing guidance on this provision at this time. Subsequent to adoption of this regulation, numerous questions and concerns were raised by various stakeholders that affect survey and certification assessment of compliance with this requirement, including the questions about interaction of this requirement with other Federal, State or local laws. In addition, a recent notice of proposed rulemaking published on February 7, 2013 (78 FR 9216) proposes to amend this requirement. Therefore, surveyors should not interpret on their own the requirement concerning medical staff membership on the governing body, and must not issue citations related to this specific provision.
In addition, we instructed the three accreditation organizations with a CMS-approved Medicare hospital accreditation program, the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), Det Norske Veritas (DNV) Healthcare, and The Joint Commission, not to revise their accreditation standards related to this aspect of the composition of the governing body until we have addressed the issue completely.
Patients Rights Restraint/Seclusion Death Reporting:
? Soft wrist restraints only: Hospitals must maintain an internal log of all deaths associated with the use of restraints where the only restraints used were two-point soft wrist restraints. There is no longer a need for them to submit reports of these cases directly to the RO.
? All other cases: All other deaths associated with use of restraint or seclusion must be reported to the CMS Regional Office no later than close of business on the next business day following knowledge of the patient's death. Reporting may be by telephone, facsimile or electronically, as determined by CMS. CMS has created a new worksheet, included in the attachment as a draft Exhibit to be used by hospitals for facsimile or electronic submission.
Medical Staff
? Non-physician members: The revised regulation clarifies that hospitals have the flexibility, consistent with state scope of practice laws, to include non-physician practitioners on the
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medical staff in addition to physician practitioners. According to the final rule preamble, all practitioners granted privileges must be members of the medical staff. Since adoption of the final rule concerns were raised by various stakeholders that the revised regulation may conflict with state law requirements that limit medical staff membership to physicians. We are further exploring this issue and will issue revised guidance at a later time. Therefore, surveyors should not interpret on their own the requirement concerning medical staff membership versus privileges.
In addition, we are instructing the three accreditation organizations with a CMS-approved Medicare hospital accreditation program, the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), Det Norske Veritas (DNV) Healthcare, and The Joint Commission, that they are not required to include this provision in their accreditation standards at this time.
? Medical staff leadership: As permitted under state law, hospitals have the flexibility to assign a doctor of podiatric medicine to be responsible for the organization and conduct of the medical staff.
Nursing Services
? Interdisciplinary care plan: Hospitals have the flexibility to incorporate the nursing care plan required for each inpatient into an interdisciplinary care plan.
? Standing orders: Drugs and biologicals may be prepared and administered on the orders contained in pre-printed and electronic standing orders, order sets and protocols (collectively referred to as "standing orders" in our guidance) only if the standing orders meet the requirements of the medical records CoP.
? Blood transfusion training: The requirement that personnel who administer blood transfusions, other than doctors of medicine or osteopathy, have special training has been eliminated.
? Self-administered medications/Medications brought from home: Hospitals have a new option to permit self-administration by patients (or the patient's caregiver/support person) of hospital-issued medications and/or medications brought by the patient from home.
Medical Records
? Authentication of orders: All orders, including verbal orders, must be dated, timed and promptly authenticated by the ordering practitioner or another practitioner responsible for the care of the patient, in accordance with state law, including scope of practice laws, hospital policy and medical staff bylaws, rules and regulations.
A specific timeframe for authentication of verbal orders has been eliminated.
? Standing orders criteria: Standing orders may be used only if the hospital: ensures the orders are reviewed and approved by the medical staff and the hospital nursing and pharmacy leadership; demonstrates the orders are consistent with nationally recognized and evidence-
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based guidelines; ensures periodic review to determine their continuing usefulness and safety; and ensures that the orders are dated, timed and authenticated promptly.
Pharmaceutical Services
? Internal reporting: The provision concerning internal reporting of drug administration errors, adverse drug reactions and incompatibilities has been revised to correct the name of the program receiving such reports to "quality assessment and performance improvement program." Thus, not only must these reports be made to the attending physician, but also, if appropriate, to the hospital's quality assessment and performance improvement program.
Infection Control
? Incident log: The requirement to maintain a log of incidents of infection and communicable diseases has been eliminated. Hospitals are still expected to conduct appropriate surveillance activities, consistent with nationally recognized infection control standards of practice.
Outpatient Services
? Direction of outpatient services: Hospitals no longer are required to have a single individual directing all outpatient services, providing more flexibility for hospitals to organize their management of these services in the manner they find most efficient and effective, so long as one or more individuals is assigned responsibility for each outpatient service.
? Outpatient staffing: Hospitals must have appropriate professional and nonprofessional personnel available at each location where outpatient services are offered, based on the scope and complexity of outpatient services.
Transplant Services
? Transplant center guidance is handled separately.
CAH CoP Changes:
Personnel Qualifications:
? The qualifications to be considered a clinical nurse specialist have been updated to be consistent with the statutory definition.
Definition & Physical Plant and Environment; Provision of Services
? The definition of "direct services," i.e., services provided by employees of the CAH, has been removed.
? All references to the CAH providing certain services "directly" have been removed. CAHs now have the flexibility to provide required services either directly, i.e., through staff
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