{"data":{"id":"us/42-cfr-418.25","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 CFR 418.25","heading":"Admission to hospice care.","body":"(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).\n(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:\n(1) Diagnosis of the terminal condition of the patient.\n(2) Other health conditions, whether related or unrelated to the terminal condition.\n(3) Current clinically relevant information supporting all diagnoses.","path":["Title 42—Public Health","CHAPTER IV—CENTERS FOR MEDICARE \u0026 MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER B—MEDICARE PROGRAM","PART 418—HOSPICE CARE","Subpart B—Eligibility, Election and Duration of Benefits"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-42.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:11Z","sha256":"51acc5cc7aca615e2352d23095a45316133b30021c7e82352bd279ce9e0a85c1","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/42-cfr-418.24","next":"us/42-cfr-418.26"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}