New Medicare hospital rules ease physician H&P reporting

Article Overview

This article reviews a Medicare hospital rules update that affects how hospitals and physicians handle history-and-physical documentation around inpatient admission. It is aimed at physicians, coders, and hospital compliance staff who need to understand the timing, recordkeeping, and related participation requirements discussed in the Medicare conditions of participation. The piece also summarizes other concurrent hospital documentation and patient-safety changes included in the same rulemaking.