Medicare and Medicaid Programs;Hospital Conditions of Participation: Patients Rights

December 8, 2006 Medicare & Medicaid Programs; Hospital Conditions of Participation: Patients Rights The patients' rights regulations set forth new, more rigorous training requirements to assure the appropriateness of the treatment and to protect patient rights. The rule applies to all participating hospitals including short-term, psychiatric, rehabilitation, long-term, children's and alcohol/drug treatment facilities. In response to the 4,000 public comments received on the interim final rule, this final regulation includes the following provisions: Staff training requirements are strengthened   Staff training components are specified   Increases the types of practitioners who may conduct patient evaluations when a . . .