[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR418.86]



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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

                    CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE

                          & MEDICAID SERVICES,

                        DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

                             HUMAN SERVICES

 

PART 418_HOSPICE CARE--Table of Contents

 

          Subpart D_Conditions of Participation: Core Services

 

Sec. 418.86  Condition of participation--Physician services.



    In addition to palliation and management of terminal illness and 

related conditions, physician employees of the hospice, including the 

physician member(s) of the interdisciplinary group, must also meet the 

general medical needs of the patients to the extent that these needs are 

not met by the attending physician.