WA · guidance
Wash. HCA Hospice Services Billing Guide, Is it required that clients be notified of their rights (Advance Directives)?
Is it required that clients be notified of their rights (Advance Directives)?
42 CFR, Subpart I
Yes. All Medicare-Medicaid certified hospitals, nursing facilities, home health
agencies, personal care service agencies, hospices, and managed health care
organizations are federally mandated to give all adult clients written information
about their rights, under state law, to make their own health care decisions.
Clients have the right to:
• Accept or refuse medical treatment.
• Make decisions concerning their own medical care.
• Formulate an advance directive, such as a living will or durable power of
attorney, for their health care.
Provenance
- Source
- www.hca.wa.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-02
- Edition
- hca-hospice-bg-2026-05-19
- Content hash
c6f9ce554d7dc9cd3fdf9849b453059d52e97350894cbcdfec8050d2e536027f
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