Hospitals cry foul over ambiguity in HCFA's new restraint standards.
The Health Care Financing Administration's new Conditions of Participation for the use of restraints have prompted an outcry among hospitals, especially smaller and rural facilities, which claim the rules are out of touch with real-world patient care. One provision requires a physician to evaluate a patient face-to-face within an hour of that patient's placement in restraints.
D000573:American Hospital Association; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D005161:Facility Regulation and Control; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D012149:Restraint, Physical / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States