Survey & Certification - General Information

Title
Personnel Provision of the CAH Emergency Services Requirement for Frontier Areas and Remote Location
Memo #
03-17
Posting Date
04/10/2003
Fiscal Year
2003
Summary
The purpose of this policy letter is to establish a uniform procedure for implementing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regulatory change for professional staff coverage for emergency departments in critical access hospitals (CAHs) with a bed size of 1-10 and that are located in frontier areas or remote locations.