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42 CFR 418.25: Admission to hospice care.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 42—Public Health
- CHAPTER IV—CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
- SUBCHAPTER B—MEDICARE PROGRAM
- PART 418—HOSPICE CARE
- Subpart B—Eligibility, Election and Duration of Benefits
(a) The hospice admits a patient only on the recommendation of the medical director (or the physician designee, as defined in § 418.3) or the physician member of the hospice interdisciplinary group, in consultation with, or with input from, the patient's attending physician (if any).
(b) In reaching a decision to certify that the patient is terminally ill, the hospice medical director (or the physician designee, as defined in § 418.3) or the physician member of the hospice interdisciplinary group, must consider at least the following information:
(1) Diagnosis of the terminal condition of the patient.
(2) Other health conditions, whether related or unrelated to the terminal condition.
(3) Current clinically relevant information supporting all diagnoses.
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