CMS Proposes Revisions to Conditions of Participation for Medicare & Medicaid

On March 24th the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a proposed rule revising the conditions of participation that hospitals must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. In general, the proposed rule would revise four (4) requirements in the current conditions of participation: (i) completion of history and physical examinations, (ii) authentication of verbal orders, (iii) securing medications, and (iv) completion of post-anesthesia evaluations.