Other CMS Developments
Medicare Weekly Update, May 1, 2007
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CMS issues guidance for emergency department services
On April 26, CMS issued a memorandum to state survey agency directors setting forth the requirements for emergency services that hospitals must meet in order to comply with the Medicare Conditions of Participation. The memorandum emphasizes that all hospitals are required to appraise medical emergencies, provide initial treatment and referral when appropriate, regardless of whether the hospital has an emergency department. Hospitals may not rely on 9-1-1 services as a substitute for the hospital's own ability to provide services. The memorandum applies to all hospitals except critical access hospitals.
View this guidance.
View the relating news release.
CMS offers instruction on billing for brachytherapy sources
On April 25, CMS posted a new question and answer in the Frequently Asked Questions section of its Web site. The Q&A explains how a hospital should report brachytherapy sources when not all of the ordered sources were implanted in the patient.
View this Q&A on CMS' Web site.
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