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CMS SOM App. A, Tag A-0816
§482.43(c)(2) The hospital , as part of the discharge planning process, must inform the
patient or the patient’s representative of their freedom to choose among participating
Medicare providers and suppliers of the post-discharge services and must, when possible,
respect the patient’s or the patient’s representative goals of care and treatment
preferences, as well as other preferences they express. The hospital must not specify or
otherwise limit the qualified providers or suppliers that are available to the patients.
Interpretive Guidelines §482.43(c)(2)
Guidance is pending and will be updated in future release.
History
Rev. 200, Issued: 02-21-20; Effective: 02-21-20, Implementation: 02-21-20
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-07-22
- Edition
- som-2026-07-22
- Content hash
d17ba28d50b3bdf596e7b5b5906302124fdc9b1f50aa03e0cb76c736b46ba31c
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