Hospitals

To view the Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Reform of Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation (CMS-3244-P), please see the "Downloads" or "Related Links Outside of CMS" section near the bottom of this webpage and click on "CMS-3244-P—Reform of Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation." To submit a comment, visit www.regulations.gov, enter the ID number CMS-3244-P, and click on "Submit a Comment."

Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs)

Publication date:

     Original publication date: May 26, 1993 (58 FR 30671); effective June 25, 1993

Amendments on:

September 1, 1994 (59 FR 45403); August 29, 1997 (62 FR 46036); May 12, 1998 (63 FR 26359); July 30, 1999 (64 FR 41544); August 1, 2001 (66 FR 39938); December 31, 2002 (67 FR 80041); August 11, 2004 (69 FR 49271); October 7, 2004 (69 FR 60252); August 12, 2005 (70 FR 47490); September 22, 2006 (71 FR 55341); November 27, 2007 (72 FR 66408); February 22, 2008 (73 FR 9862); November 19,2010 (75, FR 70831); May 5, 2011 (75, FR 25550)

Effective date:

     Existing CoPs are currently in effect.

CFR section numbers:

     42 CFR Part 485
     42 CFR 485.601

CFR section descriptions:

     42 CFR 485.601 Conditions of Participation: Critical Access Hospitals

Hospitals

Important publication and effective dates:

• Original publication date - June 17, 1986 (51 FR 22010); effective September 15, 1986
• Hospital Conditions of Participation: Quality Assessment & Performance Improvement Final Rule (68 FR 3435); published January 24, 2003; effective March 25, 2003
• Hospital Conditions of Participation: Patients' Rights Final Rule (71 FR 71378); published December 8, 2006; effective January 8, 2007
• Changes to the Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation To Ensure Visitation Rights for All Patients Final Rule (75 FR 70831); published November 19, 2010; effective January 18, 2011
• Changes Affecting Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation: Telemedicine Credentialing and Privileging Final Rule (76 FR 25550); published May 5, 2011; effective July 5, 2011

CFR section numbers:

     42 CFR 482

CFR section descriptions:

     Conditions of Participation for Hospitals

Brief description of document(s):

42 CFR 482 contains the health and safety requirements that hospitals must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Social Security Act Title XVIII, §1861 Definitions of Services, Institutions, etc.

Psychiatric Hospitals

Publication Date:

      June 17, 1986

Effective Date:

     August 4, 1986

CFR section numbers:

     42 CFR §482.60
     42 CFR §482.61
     42 CFR§482.62

CFR section descriptions:

     42 CFR §482.60 Special Provisions applying to psychiatric hospitals.
     42 CFR §482.61 Condition of participation: Special medical record requirements for psychiatric hospitals.
     42CFR §482.62 Condition of participation: Special staff requirements for psychiatric hospitals.

Brief description of documents:

These CoPs describe the definitions under the standards related to special medical record and special staffing requirements. Additional document that users could refer to is §1861(f) of the Act.

Interpretive Guidelines: Appendix AA of the SOM (PDF, 606 kb) CMS-3244-P—Reform of Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation [PDF, 156KB]
Related Links Inside CMS
Critical Access Hospitals Center Certification & Compliance: Hospitals Certification & Compliance: Psychiatric Hospitals Survey & Certification - Guidance To Laws & Regulations: Psychiatric Hospitals Survey & Certification - Guidance To Laws & Regulations: Hospitals
Related Links Outside CMS
CMS-3244-P—Reform of Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation CMS-3228-F - Changes to the Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation to Ensure Visitation Rights for All Patients CMS-3227-F Changes Affecting Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation:  Telemedicine Credentialing and Privileging Social Security Act Title XVIII Hospital Conditions of Participation Title 42-Public Health, Chapter IV-Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Part 482-Conditions of Participation for Hospitals, ?˜482.60 Title 42-Public Health, Chapter IV-Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Part 482-Conditions of Participation for Hospitals, ?˜482.61 Title 42-Public Health, Chapter IV-Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Part 482-Conditions of Participation for Hospitals, ?˜482.62 Regulations.gov

Page Last Modified: 12/05/2011 8:07:05 AM
Help with File Formats and Plug-Ins