[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR489.27]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
  CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
                 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES--(Continued)
 
PART 489--PROVIDER AGREEMENTS AND SUPPLIER APPROVAL--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart B--Essentials of Provider Agreements
 
Sec. 489.27  Beneficiary notice of discharge rights.

    A hospital that participates in the Medicare program must furnish 
each Medicare beneficiary, or an individual acting on his or her behalf, 
the notice of discharge rights CMS supplies to the hospital to implement 
section 1866(a)(1)(M) of the Act. The hospital must provide timely 
notice during the course of the hospital stay. For purposes of this 
paragraph, the course of the hospital stay may begin with the provision 
of a package of information regarding scheduled preadmission testing and 
registration for a planned hospital admission. The hospital must be able 
to demonstrate compliance with this requirement.

[61 FR 46225, Aug. 30, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 46037, Aug. 29, 1997]